New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-29

with mi, are, d. ne no stoppzges would take p,re
crsl they confidently relied on beng ADJ 70 maAc -
voyage m Ergls.d 70 India VIA .ns nsee - rsr
pbillip N Australia in % 10 IS days The wnoss e
he Linz bo tom and On o. far six feet stevs tn<
ater line. WIS 10 he doubled, end OF eell1!ar en-
strucop, 10 that no external injury won'n snra -.
ssfety. The upper deck was % oe % y" -
eonrInetion 70 The Britannia Bridge Thecslcuisficsl
of Brunei had convinced him that fac nner fof ue
pprpoae proposed sbonId have pretty nearly one tan
capacity for every mile che had to travel A. ,ne
ion, new TO ard from Australia nearly uW mee
L was Of course necessary that vessel OF near thiz
TIE idea Of combining the screw and Padds e
mssna Of propulsion well as the application o. ~
tubular principle 10 the construction Of the great snip
originated with this eminent engineer AZ anoI'ed 70
the Great Eastern this principle involves Bullying
rs one wi hin the other at distance Of feet iy
inches apart The inner ship, akin extends npw ara
the lower deck disfapce of "a feet inches ffca
be bottom. Longitudinal partitions, running tie
hole length Of the ship between the inner ana ontcf
sk ar rived 10 both divide the space between into
several perfectly waertPht compartments, 70 that u
wbieh could b. filed with water would be the space
between two Of these longitudinal compsrtments or
webs Below the lower deck, the ship 70 divided into
twelve wa'etgbt compartments, by transverse euik-
BE- adr end above ire lower deck, into nine euro con
yalfmeDts. II, therefore, from any contingency, boz
inner ard ontsr 81 ins pierced, only one compare
mert would I'll with water.
II is believed that two eush compartments might 10
filed without the sightest danger 70 the stsbdi.
~ or safety Of the ship Running $50 feet fore ssd
af and extending from the bottom Of the ship to the
upper erk are two walls Of iron dividing this psft OF
tie vessel into three longitudinal COMMANDMENT. te
connect these vitb the gnnwse and 10 act &c u1ns-
VERGE brsees, two tubular iron platforms ruenn&
from stem TO stein These in turn brdged - eis-
tanc Of 60 feet by smaller iron platforms iest IN
width. The bow is strongly plated and braced. 50 as
to provide sgaDst spch accident epcounssrng an
iceberg. Every deck is plated beneath TIE planting
for distance ii co feet In the stern additional roa
stages and peryendiruar strengthening webs have
been provided az to offer sufficient resistanes 70
the dFocapg effects OF the vibiatiors Of the serew
shaft. This prevents any sensation of movement while
the ssl is nnds and thus cute of great source
Of annoy passengers in the ordinary screwpro
PEELED vessels.
,br ye,sel has been f upd from loag ard careful ~.
conducted experiments, TO give the maximum o.
sireI 9Th with tie minimum of weight and material.
The iron plates forming the hn average about 10 fst
in len, ,b BY feet inches in width and weigh 800 10
500 pounds Fer the sern-post and keel several large
p,nies " ere required, two of viii were " feet IN
ie, 9Th by fest inches in with, weighing two tuas
each. OibeIswere Is feet ny dfee and inches thcs
weighing q tups escb. The thickness OF the keel
plates II one nch and that Of the plates forming tho
I'M er al out.r skina threequarters Of an inch.
The paddle engines are oscilaiing, OF 200 nominal
length of stroke, Ia feet They caeuat.d 10 @crt
up 10 Is revolutions per minute. Each cylinder VIA
its accompanying airpumr, condenser, apd cRnx,
forms separate engine and any one may re immedl-
at.l, disconnected from the cher three. Combined,
these four engines viii work mp to 600 horss power
when making ii strokes per mianie. with pressure
of steam of Is pounds TO the SQUIRE inch, and cutrg
off a, cne-tlird'be length Of stroke. With % pou.ds
of stt am, without expansion and making strokes
per minute their indicated horsepower, approaches,
5,Oo0
The same indicated power is obtained when making
l6 revolutions minute, aod cut'iog of at oresfoursn
the stroke Steau for the paddle engines Is genersee
by four tubular boilers. each IL feet iaohee long,
feet irchsa WIDE and IL feet inches high, weight e
so tur and containing 40 uns Of water The area OF
heating surface s i,s00 .9ua'e feet tubes are OF
frsfs three inches in diameter and 400 IN number.
There are ten furnaces 10 each boiler, which, VIVA
st sdy ode ate firing 81 steam to the extent 81
eco inda'ed horsepower and with full firing, 70 the
exile, If $50 Indicated hotse power. go
The engines horizontal direct acting with
nominal horse-y over of 600. There four cyiin-
ders of si-iDeh diameter; length Of stroke, feet.
They are constructed to work up to 80 revolutions per
rd the strcke and making As strokes per minute tbs
srrew cngirs work up 70 1850 borse-po ~er... With
25 pounds Of steam, without exoanson, or with the
,SsS w II .s1s %c - s5Gss
TIE boilers for there engines are six IN number
each IS feet Ing IL feet inches wide and IA fe't
Dss TIE area 81 Of 'In surface CO. osxs
feet Like thu PADDLE epgse boilers, they tabular,
each containing 40 brass tubes Of inches diameter.
These boilers arranged to be capable OF being
april ed to either set of Pngines In addition tn the
paddle and screw engines, there two auxiliary
lgf pressnrf engines of 70horse power used for lift
ing the Screws and any other work about the ship for
which they are fitted and ten donkey ines to sap
ply the large boer of the padde-engine5 with water.
The paddle-wbeels are IS feet il, diameter, with
thty floats to each Wheel of - feet in length and
feet in Width. The floats can be rfefed end the padde-
wheels Disconnected from the engines, by meaUs Of
fri oD-s'rsps, should become necessary TO work tho
screw sione.
The scrtw-propsr Is "a feet 10 diameter srd weighs
sc uDr 1t has four fans lifting into large boss on
the shaft The leo feet long, aad weighs
60 tuns This large of iron forged in scc
tions the largest of which s AZ feet, and weighs 80
turs The reuaiDdtr is made up Of shorter lengths,
averaging 35feet in length, and weighing l6 tuns,.
She has six mssts Three Of these are made Of iron
plates iveted like steam boiler. The others Of
wood. Their nights vary between 100 aud ITO feet
keel to trucks. The diameter of the larger mss
is three feet Fix inches ard Of the smaller two feet
nine inches. The standing rigging Of all the mass, ex-
cept the after jigger is Of and half IN wire
IcPe.
AT the base of each of the iron mass found pow
efu apparatus for DR the sides, 40 as
t. allow the 20 overheard, should il be-
cone necessary 70 resort to such proceeding. To
facilitate this object the ends of the shrouds and rig
gil fitted into rings IN the ships sides. These
rings can be easily opened and the rigging discon-
and fitted with hen rigging The rssson for THE Is
tie fact thai il carries jus, below the crossces the
standard compass Of the chip and the presence OF iron
in us neghborhood, wouid injariousy Affect It's accu-
racy.
Being fitted with 90 many masts, it necessary 10
adopt new nomenclature to distinguish them This s
eff,stad in the following way: Beginning forward,
the first mast is called the foreeger; the second,
the for, mast; the third the mannst: the fourth tho
after -mspmast; the fifth, the mzzenmsst, aud the
sixth The jggermast The fore, MAN, and after main
mats square rugged; the others carry oay fore
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