Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-20
NOVELTY IN LAUNCHES
Craft Designed to Demonstrate Power of HerreshoH Motor.
MAY BE sPEEDIEsT OF HER GLASS

Miles an Hour-If successful . Fleet
 of Fastest Torpedo Boats Anoat May
 Be Built-second Combustion Cham
 Der In Same Cylinder Doubles
 Horsepower of New Motor.
 Nearly fit for the launching. which will take place early in July. and guarded day and night, so that only few of the employees have seen the craft, there lies on the stocks in the pattern room of the American and British Manufacturing company's works at Bridgeport. Conn.,. motor launch which it is expected will prove to be the fastest boat of her dimen- sions in the world, and it is the hope of her designer, Charles Frederick Her reshoff, that she will surpass the worlds record of any vessel, says special dispatch from Bridgeport, Conn. to the New York Herald.
 Built 10 demonstrate the motor that will furnish the power. the launch will be the forerunner of feet of torpedo boats that for speed and endurance are to be far away in the van of the present speediest vessels of any navy.
 With the utmost secrnay1tts launch aas been constructed, and. Those who have visited the works to investigate have been peremptorily ordered away. the intention of the designer being to enter the boat as a surprise in the motor boat races to be held this sea- son both in the United States and abroad.
 To be named the Den. the launch is thlrty-five feet long on the water lie, has a breadth of four feet six inches and draught when at full speed of six inches The weight of the hull. which Is constructed of wood. is 300 pounds. and the weight of the en- tire boat. crew and gasoline fuel is when in racing trim 1,Soo pounds. Equipped with two crank motor with an estimated horsepower of eighty, this hull. built on the skip jack" model. is expected to be driven at a speed of from thirty to tbirty- five miles an hour. Mir. Herreshof modestly has stated that the former figure will be reached, while if is known that he will be disappointed if the launch does not make a mile for every foot Of her wafersiine length
 It is the improved type of the motor that is expected to make of the Den the fastest craft ahost. and. simply expressed. the motor has by the intro duction of s second combustion cham Der in the same cylinder doubled it's horsepower without other change than a slight addition of weight in the cast ings in order to produce the requisite strength. The motor has therefore two impulses instead of one at every reyo- lution Of its cylinder crank. and by the adjustment of the crank two cylinder engine is produced that, with it's in crease of horsepower. runs steadily and by the balancing of the explosive impulses has absolutely no vibration yet running at a rate of 5000 revolu- tions per minute
 MT. Herreshof prepared the plans of the motor as late as the middle of January last. and the officials of the International Power company approv- cd them at once. SO that the consfruc- tion could be hastened for the demon strsting craft. In the intervening time the young designer has utilized his ex- perience. gained In the designing of torpedo boats when with the TT.ggs company q few years ago. to create new designs for a feet for which a well founded rumor has fl that con tracts with at least two governments have already been made
 O6eisis Of the company would not discuss the alleged togTedo boat con tracts, bat from an authentic source it has been learned that the boats to be constructed for some two at least of the nzvtes of the principal world pow CTS are to I,e about 135 and 210 feet f1 length s1d are to have hydro car bon engines developinx 25oo horse power and a speed of 44s knots . speed so far EnsRruach-i by the fast ct var craft of any nsfsoa-
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