Show iii ili oi From rom household ord may 26 A steamer of twenty five thousand tons burthen I 1 li L i tb the e hupe huge hup fabric erecting at the isle of dogs balow bebow london as yet 5 et bears app pp resemblance to kind of craft at a distance the eye is agn unatie unable to detect any particular proportions abou tit I 1 A close cloie inspection inh int lection however shows a iia lin line of f uprights tp at each and ond nd which mark the tile A wig proportions prop orion orlon of stem and stern stenn and hen then perceive that the object before us is really intended 1 for asbia a Stan aing t on ae banks of the river thames witha with vast ope open i space on one side arid and greenwich hospital Hosp tal on the other it la is not easy to form a jot jut jw conception of his this marine monster which for fon want of a petten letter better betten name we call leviathan it ii is belp bep built by scott russell company from by mr brunel the eng engineer ineer conception the entire fabric is when we remind that the royal albert utne vine line of battle battie ship AIN of ong one hundred and twenty gims rims is something under foun four thousand tons aid ard add about two hundred and ani tinty twenty feet in in length tb and tw that fhe the simla and himalaya nt at present the largest steamers sleazier afloat are only three hundred and twenty feet in ien jen length M th or they mav may form some idea of the til e proportions of this eastern steam Navi navigation gallon galion companas Comp anys ship when they are oid old that it will be six hundred and eighty feet in length and of twenty hive fire fai e thousand tons burdena burdan in in other word words of more than six times th the e c capacity A a a it of 0 oui our largest men of war and aba abl ly e tiie the len ien length g th 1 af of phd lar largest larest est steamship afloat oli oun our readers readers will w til lil have frequently heard discussions cushions cus ny as to the relative merits of paddle addies addles sand and screws in ie te leviathan the screw will be combined combine JW with vv i ih the paddle worked by edg eng engines mes wes nominally of two thousand six hurl hurs hundred bundred dred horse power but in reality capable of being worked up to le ten thousand horse power T to 0 guar a against accidents at sea to machinery ahad abad bovent to prevent vent any detention fi flom am such a cause the baad paddle paddie I 1 e wheels will not only be perfectly dist distinct inet from each other in their working I 1 but eim each billbe will be set in motion by several sets machinery of superabundant powei powel so 50 that at all cirii timpa s derangements derange ments or cleaning of abne or two cylinda cylinder di or boilers will not Interfere with the progress of the ship steam will be the he sole propelling power powers no canvas being contemplated in this vessel in erea great t size of the leviathan its projector ector ecton beile belie believer bel bei ieves leves vei vel tha that t he fie has obtained the elemen elements ls of a sped unknown in in ocean going steamers it t is confide predicted mat shat by the great len ien length rh cf the leviathan she will be enabled to pass pa through be the water at an average speed in all weathers ers ens of fifteen knots as an hour with a smalle smaller r power in pro portion to tonna tonnage e than ordinary vessels now r require re to make ten knots Ta etl eel the contracting see speed e of most roost ocean beean mail carry ing inc steamers Is eight knots we believe that the her eastern steam navigation 11 company int intend ered biking their first ayase to australia tile the actual distances distan cpa from milford hauen haven ji the thi companas comp anys starting 0 point int to port phili philip p is is less lets thair mi rn iles rles if no ports forts be touched at A speed of fifteen knots ar or miles an hour houn ave lave averald raed raged from lard ta 6 land would take the leviathan to the golden colony in in about thirty days this tins can only be accomplished even at that high bi a speed by avoiding all stoppages stoppage for coal which besides detaining a ship habip many days in the different ports carries her a great dist distance out of tae be direct stearling sl st earning course here hire we fiad find another ii ovelty novelty brought to bear by mr druio druid i A ship of this huge buge capacity ty can carry tons of coals quite sufficient it is stated for her consumption on fhe the outward and homeward my vy ains sins space will still be left fo 5 tons of clil goche massive machinery and with their ilga ilc liga e and all hil necessary stores fi fol ne lice n e I 1 the ad cantago vantage of his this arran arr arrangement argement is twofold two fold besides the avoid avold bee wee of q for coaling on therb fhe voyage the ship earns all ibe tie freight which must otherwise have hare been paid to sail sall sailing ing I 1 vessels for the conveyance of fuel to the coaling depots which on three tiree fourths cf the quantity consumed on one ond voyage voyages would amount to a sum sufficient V tl build ald and equip a steamer cf two or three hundred ird ind tan i aln lin i in oder order o der aen to compe nWe for the great loss ios los of weight caused by all Ws consumption to maintain mairit itin an equal immersion of the padillas pa dilles e to a c cildia extent be replaced dby d by byi giter guter pumped into lato the watertight water fight tight compartments forming tite ilie skin skit of the ship mip and of 4 which we vve shall art antly havee have 0 occasion casl casi oli to speak in addition to hia frn lle ile lie he paddies paddles have heen been heense tio adjusted on the wheels as a to be a as ai i efi effluent detent at one drau arau draught bt of water as at another II 11 is impossible to 0 o of flie fire f future finish or of such guch a gizar itic ship ai tue the id til an from tiie present state of thet the iron hull I 1 laitinen e of meal weal pl pates lates reaching to au an lir lic 11 r tsi esi tub sub compartments abright at right abie aile ap appear arao 0 o divide t lie monster fabac into a m rs kynsi iahey J ginare and oblong spaces spacer each of emild contain au eight roomed house hoase of Cr alieen fitHen town two build or dr a semi smi detached det aced villa f hm rom so S oat l il at forty pounds p pt pi i annum we mt etel at amodel amodei orthis of tius ting nhip ship in wood and amini 1 belleve trel liel ipie leve eliat lie lite unsightly inah mas of inai irti patel pater I 1 h el 1 q and jilts jih ts just beheld bh eld eid could oj by av lse ise xv into anything sti ski tilly t in as the loir loi arrow like little craft before u us eff forward dorward ai ns yas vas baduel ora orf a thern s wherry 1 l i ai i aiu hid c li 0 11 s from nhat ahat model we were enabled la to und andor r where the fhe he engines coals cols iani stoics stoles as ami awl cargo chirp would be placed and moreover where the fhe theao swo thousand first class passenger 4 aou woud d be berthed in their five filp hundred state slate cabin and where th the 9 two thousand second chiss cliss and steerage cicera I 1 ge passenger would be paced without nearly az a inah crowding as in an ordinary p se per ger or or emiera emigrant t ship large indeed must roust that bat steamer be winch which can provide ide a main deck saloon sixty feet in length and proy in width wid I 1 h and fifteen fiet feet in height with a sevorid arcori d class saloon only twenty fl feet f shorter and a foot or two less lesi in hei hel heifet height hit fht fit the lc viat vial hahhan has these and they appear but small smail compartments of the buce huge interior it would prove a fortunate fort circum tta sfa sta nce for our militant y authorities who are so much in want of steam stean transport to the seat ceat of war ar if it thi monster ship were ready for sea at the present moment there are just now two divisions of the fren french clr ell arm army of ten thousand men each ready to go be cha seyed to the scenes of their heir future operations the leviathan with jw 4 sufficient fuel fael for so short a voyage conid cupid labeon rake take on bearl pries phe of thos those division divisions entire with horse borse fodden fodder artillery and ammu ammunition it could land those hose ten thousand mn mpa with P apper arrangements arran orran cements in tha bei bee crimea couly could return and carry the f e second of thos those armies and could ari arrive v e back at Al arseilles marseilles for the second time within 0 one ne month from her first s starting t a r t i ng it has been deemed an achievement worthy of mention ment lori iori io fo convey an entire regiment of light cavalry from bombay to the ahe crimea byway by way of the red sea and egypt in about two months if the calculation as to the speed of the he levia than are ate correct which more learned heads than ours declare bem hem them to be then cheri the iron ship could i have conveyed atlease at least half a dozen reg regiments immis of ioa ira cavalry valry from bombay to balaklava bv by wa way wax of cape of good hope and the straits of dibra gibraltar tar t in two third thirds of the time ond and end not much much greater cost than was required for the one regiment conveyed through egypt hadtke old system of ship shipbuilding buil bull building din still edh suh prevailed with regard to sea seagoing gling earners had bad our shipwrights ship wrights worked on the wooden wo odell odeil wall principle instead of the fhe plate and rivet method we would never have possessed such suli nobie noble steamships as are owned by br our large c commercial il m erial companies certain it is ig that the levi leviathan tl n could not have been built on the wooden system the mightiest giants slants of uia ula indian mia forests fores tp i age in countless numb number ers would not ha have ve sufficed 1 to produce a ship of half her size size strength sti bength could coulee not have been obtained with the mot moat ponderous pond ergus erbus ma ase of timber braced as they might have been with mon hon and ana macyl copp coppen copper r to have floated so mighty a load of cargo machinery n ery nd ind living beings yet the monster cf which we are row speaking so ri new v in its various appliances of power so wonderful in its unheard of capac capacity ty is composed of plates of bon ii on less than him one lachin anchin thickness the secret of cf the great strength attained by this comparatively small amount of oti i metai metal is in the peculiar structure of the hull bull it is built j throughout in compartments on the ihei principle cleof of the britannia tubular bridgland dridge bridge and when finished will be in fact ahue ahu a huze huge e tubular ship the principle of that hat st structure need not liere here be dwelt upon it will suffice to explain that the whole of this vessel will be divided into ten huge watertight water tight compartments ts by means of iron iron plate bulkheads parried up jq iha ita the abe up thereby extending fa the water lne ine I 1 tn in addition to this th n great safeguard against acci accident ent til whole length of tbs abs the ship except where he re she he tapers off at either end nd is protected by a double skin of metal metai plating elating the outer one oce three feet from the interior interi cr these double tubular tub ulars sigs ldes ides are ca carried i ried too fai far above be deepest water nater mark and as allne ihie ifie averse 1 bilk blik bulkheads heads beads extend to the he outer of these skins Ekins they ahey they are divided into many watertight water tight subdivisions sub divisions any one or two of which though tom torn or fractured and filled with water would not affect the buoyancy or safety bf the ship shim 1 besides ibe great transverse a divisions lore wore alluded to there at enormously strong longitudinal bulkheads of iron running from stern to iii stern each forty feet from the inner skin J and carried to the ahe upper deck adding greatly to tle the solidity and safety of the vessel the main compartments thus formed by the bulkheads have a means of communication by liy iron sliding doors near the top easily and effectually clo cio closed ed in time tine of need in this way vay not only are bre all the most e exposed poked portions of he the ship double skinned but the body is cut up into a great number ot ok very lar large e but bilt perfectly perfect fly distinct fi gire fire ard 30 water proof compartments formin forming 1 indeed so many colossal iron safes es if we cari cars imagine imag imae ane a rock to ato penetrate the he double ikin skin anc and t make its shap sha shap p way inte into any any pa pf these com compart part parl 1 ments it ight fill with water without any apy detri i meat to the rest of the skip ship one of the most terrible calamities that can becal a vessel at sea is undoubtedly a fire lre ire the iron water tight bulkheads wood defy that destructive element sug sut bilt but bill in i order to mabe make assurance doubly sure the builders t tre r e experimenting experiment inc ins I 1 with a diew kiev lo 10 employing 0 only ly prepared uninflammable w woal weal for the intel lor fatti fitti fittings g s such is the leviathan aji is io to be launched unlike any other ship broadside ito to the water by hydraulic power powen and early next nest spring is expected i to make a wal trial tup trip to the states and back in ic les thun than a fol foi in contemplation this vessel our small acquaintance with things nautical dwarfs drafs I 1 down to lilliputian Be before reach I 1 ing the lije lile me 4 f dogs we had imagined we had i possess possessed cd somi with ship build ii 1 and ind barine engineering suli sull lic elc icat at to preten greten loe lon IOE 1 d I t til i J J li fi 11 t J |