steam room

The capacity for steam over the surface of the water in the boiler. steam-ship, s. A ship propelled by steam; a steamer. Development of the steam- ship : Fifty years ago a voyage thirteen days in cro ing the Atlantic was considered a remarkable performance. The list given below is a complete record of the ocean greyhounds" since the Great Western in 1839 to the Lucania and Camp an i a in October, 1893: D. H. M. 3844 1879-Arizona, Queens town to New York. 1882-Alaska, Queens town to New York....... 1885-Etruria, Queens town to New York... 1887-Umbria, Queens town to New York. 1888-Etruria, Queens town to New York. 1889-City of Paris, Queens town to New York.. 1890-Teutonic, Queens town to New York 1891-Teutonic, Queens town to New York. 1892-City of Paris, Queens town to New York... 1893-Lucania, New York to Queens town. 1893-Camp an i a, Queens town to New York. 1894-Lucania, Queens town to New York.... D. H. M. 79 23 6 22 10 6 5 45 6 4 42 6 1 55 5 23 27 5 18 27 5 16 31 5 14 24 5 13 30 5 13 23 5 7 23 The first steam-ship that cro ed the Atlantic was the Savannah, in 1818. The largest steam-ship ever constructed was the Great Eastern, 680 feet long, 83 feet beam, 18,500 tons, coal capacity 12,000 tons, with accommodations for 4,000 pa engers. She cost $3,720,000. The largest ve els now in service are the Camp an i a and Lucania. These ve els have the greatest indicated power (30,000) of any twin screw ve el yet constructed. greatest power indicated by paddle engines was 5,000, on the Great Eastern. The greatest power indicated by single screw engine has been on the Etruria, 14,500. The highest average speed attained by a side-wheeler was 14 knots, by the Scotia. The highest speed thus far attained by a twin-screw pa enger steamer has been made by the Cunarders, Camp an i a and Lucania. Their record has been exceeded only by the U.S. Cruisers Columbia and Minneapolis, the latter of which attained a speed of 25% miles on her deep sea trial, and ran as steady as a clock. The steamers Paris, New York, Teutonic and Majestic were the first ve els built for the Atlantic service with triple-expansion engines and twin screws. The Camp an i a and Lucania are respectively the fifteenth and sixteenth twin screw ve els of more than 6,000 tons. The Servia was the first mail steamer in the New York trade to be built of steel. From 1841, to February, 1893, 125 steamers in the Atlantic service were lost, and 7,523 lives were lost during the same period. [STEAM-BOAT, STEAM NAVIGATION.]