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| The “Olympic”
Frontispiece |
| Hero’s Steam Apparatus |
18 |
| Jonathan Hulls’ Steam Tug Boat |
30 |
| The Marquis de Jouffroy’s Steamboat |
40 |
| Patrick Miller’s Double-hulled Paddle-boat |
42 |
| Symington’s First Marine Engine |
42 |
| Outline of Fitch’s First Boat |
45 |
| The “Charlotte Dundas” |
46 |
| The “Clermont” in 1807 |
46 |
| Fulton’s design for a Steamboat submitted to the Commission appointed by Napoleon in 1803 |
51 |
| Fulton’s First Plans for Steam Navigation |
57 |
| Fulton’s design of Original Apparatus for determining the Resistance of Paddles for the propulsion of the “Clermont,” dated 1806 |
64 |
| The Reconstructed “Clermont” at the Hudson-Fulton Celebrations, 1909 |
70 |
| Paddle-wheel of the Reconstructed “Clermont” |
70 |
| Fulton’s Preliminary Study for the Engine of the “Clermont” |
75 |
| Fulton’s plans of a later Steamboat than the “Clermont-North-River,” showing application of the square side connecting rod Engine |
77 |
| The “Comet” |
78 |
| Engine of the “Comet” |
78 |
| S.S. “Elizabeth” (1815) |
84 |
| Russian Passenger Steamer (1817) |
84 |
| The “Prinzessin Charlotte” (1816) |
90 |
| The “Savannah” (1819) |
90 |
| The “James Watt” (1821) |
94 |
| Side-Lever Engines of the “Ruby” (1836) |
94 |
| The “Sirius” (1838) |
96 |
| The “Royal William” (1838) |
96 |
| The “Great Western” (1838) |
100 |
| Paddle-wheel of the “Great Western” |
100 |
| The “British Queen” (1839) |
102 |
| The “Britannia,” the First Atlantic Liner (1840) |
102 |
| The “Teviot” and “Clyde” (1841) |
110 |
| Side-lever Engine |
110 |
| Launch of the “Forth” (1841) |
112 |
| The “William Fawcett” and H.M.S. “Queen” (1829) |
112 |
| Designs for Screw Propellers prior to 1850 |
118 |
| The “Robert F. Stockton” (1838) |
120 |
| The “Archimedes” (1839) |
120 |
| Stern of the “Archimedes” |
122 |
| The “Novelty” (1839) |
122 |
| The “Great Britain” (1843) |
126 |
| Propeller of the “Great Britain” |
126 |
| Engines of the “Great Britain” |
128 |
| Engines of the “Helen McGregor” |
128 |
| The “Scotia” (1862) |
130 |
| The “Pacific” (1853) |
130 |
| Maudslay’s Oscillating Engine. |
132 |
| Engines of the “Candia” |
132 |
| The “Victoria” (1852) |
134 |
| The “Himalaya” (1853) |
134 |
| Coasting Cargo Steamer (1855) |
134 |
| The “Great Eastern” (1858) |
138 |
| Paddle Engines of the “Great Eastern” |
140 |
| Screw Engines of the “Great Eastern” |
140 |
| The “City of Paris” (1866) |
148 |
| The “Russia” (1867) |
148 |
| The “Oceanic” (1870) |
152 |
| The “Britannic” (1874) |
154 |
| The “Servia” (1881) |
154 |
| The “Umbria” (1884) |
158 |
| The “Orient” (1879) |
158 |
| The “Austral” (1881) |
162 |
| The “Victoria” (1887) |
162 |
| The “Majestic” (1889) |
162 |
| The “City of Paris” (1893) (now the “Philadelphia”) |
166 |
| The “Ophir” (1891) |
166 |
| The “Lucania” (1893) |
170 |
| The “Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse” (1897) |
174 |
| The “Oceanic” (1899) |
176 |
| The “Cedric” |
176 |
| The “Celtic” |
178 |
| The “Kaiser Wilhelm II.” |
180 |
| Giovanni Branca’s Steam Engine (1629) |
184 |
| The Blades of a Parsons Turbine |
185 |
| The Parsons Turbine |
186 |
| The “Carmania” (1905) |
188 |
| Lower half of the fixed portion of one of the “Carmania’s” Turbines |
188 |
| A Study in Comparisons: the “Magnetic” and “Baltic” |
192 |
| The “Mauretania” when completing at Wallsend-on-Tyne |
198 |
| Stern of the “Mauretania” |
200 |
| The “Lusitania” |
202 |
| The “Adriatic” |
206 |
| The “George Washington” |
208 |
| The “Berlin” |
208 |
| The “Laurentic” on the Stocks |
210 |
| The “Mooltan” |
216 |
| The Starting Platform in the Engine Room of the “Mooltan” |
218 |
| The “Balmoral Castle” |
220 |
| The “Cambria” (1848) |
222 |
| Engines of the “Leinster” (1860) |
222 |
| The “Atalanta” (1841) |
226 |
| The “Lyons” (1856) |
226 |
| The “Empress” leaving Dover Harbour |
226 |
| The Ocean Tug “Blackcock” |
234 |
| The Passenger Tender “Sir Francis Drake” |
234 |
| The 7,000 ton Floating Dry-dock under tow by the “Roode Zee” and “Zwarte Zee” |
236 |
| The Salvage Tug “Admiral de Ruyter” |
238 |
| The New York Harbour and River Tug Boat “Edmund Moran” |
238 |
| The Paddle-Tug “Dromedary” |
240 |
| The Bucket Dredger “Peluse” |
240 |
| The Suction Dredger “Leviathan” |
242 |
| The “Vigilant” |
242 |
| The Telegraph Steamer “Monarch” |
244 |
| Deck View of the Telegraph Ship “Faraday” |
244 |
| The “Silverlip” |
246 |
| Section of Modern Oil-tank Steamer |
246 |
| The Turret-ship “Inland” |
248 |
| Midship Section of a Turret-ship |
248 |
| Cantilever Framed Ship |
250 |
| The North Sea Trawler “Orontes” |
252 |
| The Steam Trawler “Notre Dame des Dunes” |
252 |
| Hydraulic Lifeboat |
255 |
| A Screw Lifeboat |
257 |
| The “Inez Clarke” |
258 |
| The “Natchez” and the “Eclipse” (1855) |
258 |
| The “Empire” |
258 |
| The “Commonwealth” |
262 |
| Beam Engine of an American River Steamer |
262 |
| The “City of Cleveland” |
264 |
| An American “Whale-back” Steamer |
264 |
| Typical Steam Yacht of about 1890 |
271 |
| A Steam Yacht of To-day |
275 |
| The Russian Imperial Yacht “Livadia” |
276 |
| The Royal Yacht “Victoria and Albert” |
278 |
| The Royal Yacht “Alexandra” |
278 |
| The S.Y. “Sagitta” |
280 |
| The S.Y. “Triad” |
280 |
| “Flush-decked” Type |
283 |
| “Three Island” Type |
283 |
| “Top-gallant Forecastle” Type |
284 |
| “Top-gallant Forecastle” Type, with raised quarter-deck |
284 |
| Early “Well-deck” Type |
284 |
| “Well-deck” Type |
285 |
| “Spar-deck” Type |
285 |
| “Awning-deck” Type |
286 |
| “Shade-deck” Type |
286 |
| The Building of the “Mauretania” (showing floor and part of frames) |
286 |
| The “George Washington” in course of Construction |
288 |
| Bows of the “Berlin” in course of Construction |
290 |
| The “Berlin” just before her Launch |
290 |
| Stern frame of the “Titanic,” February 9, 1910 |
292 |
| The Shelter Deck of the “Orsova” in course of Construction |
292a |
| One of the Decks of the “Lusitania” in course of Construction |
292a |
| Launch of the “Araguaya” |
294 |
| Launch of a Turret-Ship |
294 |
| The “Suevic” ashore off the Lizard |
296 |
| The Stern Part of the “Suevic” awaiting the New Bow at Southampton |
296a |
| The New Bow of the “Suevic” at entrance to Dock |
296a |
| Charles Dickens’s State-room on the “Britannia” |
298 |
| The Veranda Café of the “Lusitania” |
300 |
| First Class Dining Saloon of the “Adriatic” |
300 |
| Dining Saloon of the S.Y. “Liberty” |
302 |
| Gymnasium of the S.Y. “Liberty” |
302 |
| The Marconi Room on a Cunard Liner |
306 |
