Papers and Discussions on Engines, Boilers and Torpedo Boats (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1884 Excerpt: ... THE INFLUENCE OF THE BOARD OF TRADE RULES FOR BOILERS UPON THE COMMERCIAL MARINE. By J. T. Milton, Esq., Member. Bead at the twenty-fourth session of the Institution of Naval Architects, March 15' 1883; the Right Hon. the Earl Of Ravensworth, president, in the chair. At our last annual meeting I had the honor to read a paper upon "Lloyd's Rules as affecting Marine Boiler Construction." In the present paper I wish to draw the attention of this Institution to the results of the action taken by the Board of Trade in regard to marine boilers; and as I shall have to compare in some respects the Rules of the Board of Trade with those of Lloyd's Register, permit me to.say at first that I do this with no spirit of rivalry between the two bodies, for no rivalry is possible between a Government department, compelling their rules to be adopted in all steam vessels engaged in trades requiring them to have passenger certificates, on the one hand, and a voluntary institution like Lloyd's Register on the other, in which it is open to any ship-owner not to have his vessel classed, or to withdraw her from classification the moment that Lloyd's Rules are found to prejudice his business in any way; but I refer to Lloyd's Rules as giving results which are well known to all persons interested in marine-boiler construction and maintenance. To give some idea of the great influence which the Board of Trade Rules must have upon the commercial marine, I may mention that at the present time there are nearly 1,000 sea-going vessels, of an aggregate gross tonnage of nearly 2,000,000 tons and of nearly 300,000 registered nominal horse-power, holding passenger certificates, and this amount is increasing rapidly; for out of the large number of new steam vessels registered in the United Ki...