The Nome daily nugget., 1908-02-07
TO BUILD LARGEST BATTLESHIP

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 Apart from whether oie believes Ithaf thr proper tremf =fouid br in tlze dfre=tio, of errtl-e displacement gee problem rfa=-at,d hs fHe Ha9d at ga- hr-r utilization ef a eaears a.-- rrr-u.H HH fa-rwtfre rr-
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 ~ 1,-iau=Ha- fat4a.d daalal tHa dgHtme feaur~ hatr or eours. b,ra aeyelar.d. ast th. bower ta lst, raa- i~hn.ar hos aot increased j tHe -ame ratio. < vessel ua> hr powerful but if she .Haat tak. az .eseU as rf. rua- jehu.at she must barau, a.ir,r and weaker as she is hif
 .The power to ke,p e3- e.a1t a consideration a- an oserssh,Hrsas battery aeooo-r"a vessel -.,uJa ba ago foot Ioug. loo fert beam amt ea feet daueut. An abnormal sIa.-d lar such srrag disracemeale is impossible bul as inc Dreadanueht+ -teed f~ T knots. ve shall make oas sa-.' sa knots. hfgn requires 4 1uz.pus. af 45.aao
 'Thi- NH he developed be ga~ .s- gine~ driving five ~sr.N- -aue frar than on The preadaoueht The uIddf screw -houd bc nttaf for eeaaamy cruising Ta- English ar, aav d.ert- ing tae gas engine. and aea Of tae New York eaper-. 4hi-h r4ss atta-- tier to the eae engine question oom- meut- cditarially aa Mir Duaala 1 Clark discovery that tHr iacl.,rei walls of gas engines must moi bc tao thick and thence thcr. i- q iirit r. their size
 If Mir Clalk Mil investigate will find single cylinder rroducius |. "o0 aud 5000 horsepower at work cpat- incredibly in Europe. As the engines proposed Mil have six or ta,lee eyliu- ders il win he seen that our proposals are far within tho limits of gool gas engine practice. as we shall havc 1.500 as a maximum power Co hr de- vclopcd by one cylinder dIu
 Az the stoking of producers is far simpler and can be done by eenycyors and the gas engines themselves re- quire so many fewer men the engine force will h. "nyl about ane-half of the Drcadnoueht.
 "'rnc arnar belt Will bc T. inches al the Top To lo inches al tae bottom. 10 feet wide amidships tn s feet Wide at the ends
 "rhe casematc armor to be S feet wide, 10 inches thick for 400 feet. with transverse ends 10 inches thick Protective deck inches thick to 2l. iches al the ends. TurretS and bar bettes II inches.
 .I have never approved of the over hanging balanced turret like the turret to he housed entirely within the barbette. SO that il can have every thing shot to pieces around it and not run the risk of being struck by a dis