Identifier: railroadengineer62newy (find matches)
Title: The railroad and engineering journal
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads
Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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occupied by engines, coal, and boilers 2500 The estimated weights of the hull, armor, etc., weregiven approximately as (oUows : There are four torpedo ports arranged on the broadside,two ahead and two astern. The two sets of engines for driving each of the Italia stwin screws have each three cylinders of equal size ar-ranged in line on the shafting. At full speed they all takesteam direct from the boiler, but in ordinary working theforemost cylinder of each set alone takes steam from theboiler, and exhausts into the other two cylinders. Thereare thus six cylinders to each propeller. The engines areplaced amidships, the boilers being placed 14 before and12 abaft them. The shafting runs under the after boilers.It is this unusual arrangement of the boilers which givesthe vessel the somewhat peculiar appearance due to theposition of the six chimneys, which it will be seen by theengravingare placed in two groups of three each beforeand abaft the barbettes. The latter are placed en Echelon,
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THE WARSHIP ITAI.IA-IOP OP CASK.MAIK. Tons. Hull 5.000 Armor of armored deck i, 200 citadel QOO I ammunition shaft 246 chimneys 552 Total weight of armor Teak backing The total weight of the machinery is about.. 1142,200 The armament consists of four43-cm. (100 ton) B. L. R.guns supplied by Armstrongs. There are eight 15-cm.(6-in.) Armstrong breech-loaders. Six of these are carriedon the upper deck, two being respectively bow and sternchasers. There are six smaller quick-firing guns of 57mm. caliber. There are machine guns comprising 22 Hotchkiss andquick-firing guns for the boats and landing parties. Therewill also be a number of Maxim guns. and each one carries two of the monster 100-ton guns.The barbettes are contained in an armored casemate,which is supported by the unarmored structure of the ship,a point in design that has raised many adverse commentsfrom naval critics in this country. The space thus en-closed is entered from below through an armored shaft,which leads below water

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