| Show Ep1 on TI luotts The development cf pe111I l torpeik boats Is I n study of npiclal interest nod the effect of tho rapid lDcreii of peed in this class of mel li by 110 means ronllnul In it us a basis Is I than formed for the lutrudm lion cf ninny Improve nicutH and cunfltqnent higher rpccel in vessels nf largo Fire Tim question in often asked What 19 the probable iicrea > in speed to Le ju tho future and fit whlll dirt ction nro we to look for Improvement with a view to Obtain It 0 hlut modo Of III I crinslui speed Is I by DUKmcntiiiK the size of the veskcl and Us machinery ns if the proportion of weight nllottrel to tho machinery is the sumo a e > rcatci speed T Ill bo obtained To secure speed by thin menus bowcircr docs not in volvo any special nklll or any thing In the lintnro of improvement All that it ueciBMiry Is I simply to reproduce the Rome description tf hull and cliKlnos but of a larger size Greater skill Is Fhown whero an ei ceptionnl rpecd Is Obtained within small dimensions and In this respect the result obtained Ly M Normnud of Havre in Us latest ncblovcmcnts fire specially creditable Noeloubt material of greater strength than nenerally adopted would admit cf lighter ont lings for tlio hull Probably tile engines en-gines themselves may Lo driven at a higher nnmber of revolutions nnd possibly pos-sibly Improvement in water tube boilers boil-ers may enable a reduction of weight to bo Hcuretd without lens cf efficiency Alnnilninni rally also bo introduced asa as-a tubstltuto for heavier metals It is I In the saving of weight for power that ad Mince may bo lookd for in tho homo diato future and the shipbuilder can now Fee Ills wny to of fain from 82 to 81 I knotA I1 Yarrow In Cotslcrs Magazine |
