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J. D. Jerrold Kelley. Ocean Steamships
Ocean Steamships
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STEAMSHIP. By COMMANDER F. E. CHADWICK, U. S. NAVY
SPEED IN OCEAN STEAMERS. By A. E. SEATON
THE BUILDING OF AN “OCEAN GREYHOUND.” By WILLIAM H. RIDEING
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OCEAN PASSENGER TRAVEL. By JOHN H. GOULD
THE SHIP’s COMPANY. By LIEUTENANT J. D. JERROLD KELLEY, U. S. NAVY
SAFETY ON THE ATLANTIC. By WILLIAM H. RIDEING
THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP AS A FREIGHT CARRIER. By JOHN H. GOULD
STEAMSHIP LINES OF THE WORLD. By LIEUTENANT RIDGELY HUNT, U. S. NAVY
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INDEX
The American Railway
ELECTRICITY IN DAILY LIFE
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John H. Gould, French Ensor Chadwick, Ridgely Hunt, J. D. Jerrold Kelley, A. E. Seaton
A popular account of their construction, development, management and appliances
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These last few lines appear in the “Life of Brunel,” published in 1870. But she was later changed into a sailing-ship, and only in 1886 stranded again at the Falkland Islands. She was floated; but being badly injured, was sold to serve as a hulk, and there no doubt will be passed the last days of what may be regarded one of the famous ships of the world. She was, for the time, as bold a conception as was her great designer’s later venture, the Great Eastern.
The acceptance by the English Government of the Cunard company’s bid for the contract for carrying the mails to America resulted in putting afloat, in 1840, the Acadia, Britannia, Columbia, and Caledonia. The first vessels of the Cunard line were all wooden paddle-wheel steamers, with engines by Napier, of Glasgow, of the usual side-lever class; the return-flue boilers and jet-condensers were used, the latter holding their place for many years to come, though surface condensation had already appeared as an experiment. The company was to carry the mails fortnightly between Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston, regular sailings to be adhered to, and four vessels to be employed, for the sum of £81,000 ($400,000) per annum. The contract was made for seven years, but was continued from time to time for forty-six—no break occurring in this nearly half-century’s service, when the Umbria—November 4, 1886—was the first ship in the history of the company to leave Liverpool on the regular day of sailing for America without mails. This break, however, was but momentary, and the line almost at once resumed its ancient duty.
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