The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-06

ken part Of the chip in order to make her less
"iumpy" at sea. her speed or carrying ca.
GaSity must be impaired unless che can BE-
is likely TO come TO pass through the use OF
aluminium.
Aluminium is ono.third Of the weight OF
strength. When the chemists and metnllur,
gists shall have succeeded In making aluminium
or one or It's alloys as strong as steel we can
then look for a saving OF one.hRif the weight
OF the steel str i"turo Of a Z odern vessel.
1000 70 5000, tons, irrespective OF any saw
ing IN the, machinery. This saving Of weight
would so tighten tho ship that she could carry
machinery ABOUT twice rs heavy rs the ma
chinery she now carries, and so gain In speed
y the power OF the added machinery was also
But 1t ,would. be very difficult to find room
or STAGE In such q. vessel as the Paris for ma
tho power Of the machinery were doubled. we
should find difficulty in getting room. for the
SmnnMt no Goa. required nearly twice twice the he
necessary to hnl means NJ slowing machinery
hnd fuel much more closely than 1t is at
In 1881 an engine OF 1000 horse power oc-
cupied 10000 cubic feet To-day the same
occupving 1000 cubic feet. In the case of tho
Paris. her engines OF 5000 horse power &C.
S S%e 100 900 &c cubic ,SS 4 feet ono SO Sor that no II we o could u
capy only ons-afth of the space that her HSr
IL is therefore possible TO reduce tho propor-
tionate amount OF space required for engines
by adopting more compact types OF engines
as they become adapted for lnrRe-ship work. II
nc could oouble tho power OF the engines in
the Paris. and could provide the necossary:tuel
to carry her across the Atlantic without add
ing anything to her total weight, we could in
crease her speed by nearly one-hfth, or reduce
her tmo by moro than a day.
The fuel used at present Is coal which has TO
be put on board In baskets or onrrows by man.
ual labor. and when on board has to DO lifted
bv the fremen With shove.s and thrown into
the IRE. IL we could put IL on board in n
liquid form II would no through pipes TO its
place OF storage I'm the ship, and he dra wn from
this tlace and forced through other pipes into
tho fires by a steam pump. This would make
avaiab.e Tor fuel apaces in the ship which Mt
present are useless for carrying coal. and would
get over one of the difficulties of finding room
Tor the extra coal If we wnnt extra speed.
Now pe. roleuin may be regarded as LIQUID
coal. When the price OF this fuel becomes low
enough to admit of its being probably used,
1t VIII take the place of coal with many ad-
vantages.. One OF these Is that very much loss
weight OF fuel Is required to obtain the same
result. Everything points to the adoption of
this kind OF fuel.
We have already obtained nearly thirty
knots per hour In small vessels carrying q
small supply of fuel. In the future we may
Atlantic greyhound, and It Will then be pos
sible TO reach Europe In four days.
hen this comes to pass the editor OF the
Companion. may ask some man, now one OF its
young readers, who shall then have become u
leader In steam shtpping. to write an article
on wonders yet to be, and that present boy
may then be able to tel us of many wonders
beyond the reach OF IMAGINATION. But the prog
ross Of human knowledge is not bounded by our
powers of imagination. Many things to come
wonderful thing than even our imagination
can conceive.