Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers

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Excerpt from Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: With Other Selected and Abstracted PapersIn 1866 also the Waterwitch, an armoured gun-boat, 162 feet long, 32 feet beam, and having tons displacement, was built for the Admiralty at the Thames Ironworks, the machinery being designed by Ruthven, and constructed by Messrs. Dudgeon at Millwall. She was driven by two water-jets, discharged from nozzles at the sides level with the water, the mean diameter Of each of which was 24 inches. The speed attained by the vowel was knots per hour. This ship was sister to the Viper, a twin screw-ship, but the latter suffered from the disadvantage of a double keel aft and a slightly fuller run. A detailed com parison between the two will be found in Table 1, Appendix II.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.