The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-05-19
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+ Nos Wbst sart of = structure ts tina
bat'lfsblr| A large steel Huus,samba-
frames ana ttbs aud rlsEe. STD Drae5s IA
every direction, Look alta. a.tnue,hlo
hnsle ct them 40 thr t#d ed Nster.
No more great otPsasr "a ...a. g,sIb Tho
tiers oi sun- 10 dimla.l,.s lIspteiRr.
such - one sees IN gta .# wooden fri
s'tes aud lhfee-drnboa Js,l campatt
menis eyeJw whore 9f1 s.. tu.m Ia the
lndiAna Lutte steel ya2as sud big steel
ootes~ boxes ioclosius rugafa. and box
for the bolm snd lahyiiotbae passages in
and oct Of and praan8 tatm daylight
never eots, snd endless duofa, dnorf. doors
5oi wster'tight doors ana haiches on
The Indiana, every ouo Of which somebody
must look after aud ace closed when tho
ship gees into sction l,lro MY compstt
menb when You cannot keep them separ
ate, so that II water comes Ia from a ram.
thrust or torpedo or shot you can c0uAno
Il to one or two cells aud sa prevent tao
ship from filling. Th,ra ata more com
psrtmtnts IN some Of tue smaller cruisers
the Cincinnati hss 4sJ bat cruisers run
snd baltleshlps do not
In this sssemhlsRo Of cfIls Ia placed
l'mmsd Is better word one OF the most
complicated agsrogauons Of mechanism
that have ever been brought together.
There are 100 10 lj0 steam cylinders ia
the mnltItsrous engines, not so many ~
III the cruisers, perhaps, Tho Columbia
hss lSi but the Columbia keeps ont Of
the way OF thirteen inch shot. The baltls
ship Iowa has l62, The New lroundep
the most powerful Ggbtlug vessel ia our
navy, at the close Of our last war had Just
three
Whist steam does not do, electricity
does there are wires everywhere, Iuo
dynsmos are running constantly, for the
closed steel boxes get no daylight aud
must be lighted, while With eqnsl couetan
cy the blowers draw out The foul and force
10 tho fresh air, Bat on all sides there IL
machinery. Maobiues work tho guns;
msohlnes tnrn the lurrete; machines man
age tie helm; machines propel aud
pump The ship and feed the boilers and
iriys The tifes, machines hoist smmuni
ion, boats and aachore, machines hnd
he lositlon OF the enemy. machines trans
nit orders from the captain to every part
n the structure, machines make the light
nachlles condeee the dunkIog water and
'ool 1t, machines, thomselyce propelled by
'ther machines on board, go ont uuder
water to blow up the adversary,
That is the thing i 900 tons mainly
II steel cells crammed with mechanism Of
xtreme compleIity and which stays a
Loaf only as long M certain number uf
be larger Omids1ip cells remain watcr-
ight, that is the thing which Ia called
attlesbip, AMI Ii the thing witch is the
uhJtct OF the coming e1psfimni upon
be result OF which may depend uslionai
ioory or defeat,
The more complex any urebaaiopl Hlruo
nre, the greater the hobtIly t derango
lent Like any cheiD 10 1gth orcfi
iency is that OF its wesfe.t Hua. just AZ
1 the animal orgaui2ttuu ra. atgner the
eyeIopement the more ytI uud numer
us It's diseases 1t foI1ws inevitably
lerefote that whether IN q Htttfeshlp, or
bridge. or a building or any other engi
eerlng linkage Of many cooperating
srts, high specialization carries with II
cressed liability to injury outiI the lot
II overbslanoes. The batiieshlp expert
ent will determine whether or not the
init OF the war vessel Gss been placed
are not designed NJ are bulId
~ and bridges. The tIzes o the mem
'rs OF vladuct properly 10 resiet ali lore
on strains and stresses can be prehgufed,
ID sn abundant margin left to cover aIl
cldeuts by multiplying the result by,
y, 'teu" the so-cslled fsctor Of eafeiy,
At bsttleships have no factor Of safety,
u would bridges, If auy0uo expected
at blow OF several thousand foot tJbs
Jud come crashing against any part oi
em at random. Who can predict whore
at shock will erpend itselia u travels
OF the structure searching Tor .he weak
aces Drop yonf watch on the A1or
it will loose five mluutes IN tho neat
enty four hours. Whyf The wheels
IN 10 you to be moving 81 usual Nor
D the IeweIler eIplain the cause nutil be
has dissected the mechanism. when
90 pounds oi steel. travelling at the
q Of z. 900 feet per second. hits some
ndred complicated mech1usms packed
o 572 compartments in what represents
,teel shell eighty five feet cube, sst
st is there anything short Of omuIs
nee which can tell what is going to hsp
D. aud Tor how long the tbiDs ie going
bs useful Asutiag machine before IL
,omes q helpless target ot takes its
Iuge to the bottom1
Win tbs sdToesies Of cqIsI nights Tor
men have made their crusade success
such difficulties 50 that 10 witch Nel
Gtsnt Slrt0ris found hersft Will not
It, Tue daughter u Pfeudeut GpLt
30 American boru, bat HleD che msf
Alye,nOu ssftotIss ghg was British
Jsrt. ber Bati8lshty was eha6grd.
v that her husband il dead, she Las re-
ped 10 hfr nattge land au5 s,shes 10 be