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1836
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Research Article| January 01 1836

AN APPROXIMATION RULE FOR CALCULATING THE VELOCITY WITH WHICH A STEAM VESSEL WILL BE IMPELLED THROUGH STILL WATER, BY THE EXERTION OF A GIVEN AMOUNT OF MECHANICAL POWER, OR FORCIBLE MOTION, BY MARINE STEAM ENGINES.

Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-0523
Print ISSN: 1753-7851
© Thomas Telford and ICE
1836
Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1836) 1 (1836): 111–116.
https://doi.org/10.1680/itrcs.1836.24485

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Keywords: CALCULATING, VELOCITY, STEAM, VESSELS, PROPULSION, MECHANICAL, POWER, MOTION, MARINE, ENGINES, CALCULATIONS, WATER, SHIPS, STEAMSHIPS, PISTONS
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