Marine steam engine, the Glossary

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1. 82 relations: Alexander Carnegie Kirk, Alfred Holt, American Civil War, Atlantic Ocean, Beam engine, Board of Trade, Boiler, Boiler feedwater, Bore (engine), Center of mass, Charlotte Dundas, Compound engine, Compound steam engine, Connecting rod, Crankshaft, Cunard Line, David Napier (marine engineer), Draft (hull), Dumbarton, Europe, Evaporator (marine), Flywheel, Fremantle, Glasgow, Govan, Guardian valve, Gudgeon pin, Henry Eckford (steamboat), Henry Maudslay, Hercules (1907), HMS Black Eagle, Internal combustion engine, James P. Allaire, James Rumsey, John Elder (shipbuilder), John Ericsson, John Fitch (inventor), John Penn (engineer), Joshua Hendy Iron Works, Keel, Liberty ship, Liverpool, Lydia Eva (steam drifter), Marine propulsion, Monitor (warship), North River Steamboat, Paddle steamer, Paddle wheel, Philadelphia, Propeller, ... Expand index (32 more) »

2. Marine steam engines
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Alexander Carnegie Kirk

Alexander Carnegie Kirk (16 July 1830 – 5 October 1892) was a British engineer responsible for several major innovations in the shipbuilding, refrigeration, and oil shale industries of the 19th century.

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Alfred Holt

Alfred Holt (13 June 1829 – 28 November 1911) was a British engineer, ship owner and merchant.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.

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Beam engine

A beam engine is a type of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod. Marine steam engine and beam engine are steam engines.

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Board of Trade

The Board of Trade is a British government body concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for Business and Trade.

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Boiler

A boiler is a closed vessel in which fluid (generally water) is heated.

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Boiler feedwater

Boiler feedwater is the water which is supplied to a boiler.

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Bore (engine)

In a piston engine, the bore (or cylinder bore) is the diameter of each cylinder.

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Center of mass

In physics, the center of mass of a distribution of mass in space (sometimes referred to as the barycenter or balance point) is the unique point at any given time where the weighted relative position of the distributed mass sums to zero.

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Charlotte Dundas

Charlotte Dundas is regarded as the world's second successful steamboat, the first towing steamboat and the boat that demonstrated the practicality of steam power for ships.

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Compound engine

A compound engine is an engine that has more than one stage for recovering energy from the same working fluid, with the exhaust from the first stage passing through the second stage, and in some cases then on to another subsequent stage or even stages.

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Compound steam engine

A compound steam engine unit is a type of steam engine where steam is expanded in two or more stages. Marine steam engine and compound steam engine are steam engines.

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Connecting rod

A connecting rod, also called a 'con rod', is the part of a piston engine which connects the piston to the crankshaft.

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Crankshaft

A crankshaft is a mechanical component used in a piston engine to convert the reciprocating motion into rotational motion.

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Cunard Line

The Cunard Line is a British shipping and cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc.

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David Napier (marine engineer)

David Napier (10 November 1790– 23 November 1869) was a Scottish marine engineer.

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Draft (hull)

The draft or draught of a ship is a determined depth of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically to its hull's lowest—its propellers, or keel, or other reference point.

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Dumbarton

Dumbarton (Dumbairton, Dumbartoun or Dumbertan; Dùn Breatann or Dùn Breatainn, meaning 'fort of the Britons') is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Evaporator (marine)

An evaporator, distiller or distilling apparatus is a piece of ship's equipment used to produce fresh drinking water from sea water by distillation. Marine steam engine and evaporator (marine) are marine steam propulsion.

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Flywheel

A flywheel is a mechanical device that uses the conservation of angular momentum to store rotational energy, a form of kinetic energy proportional to the product of its moment of inertia and the square of its rotational speed.

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Fremantle

Fremantle is a port city in Western Australia located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital.

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Glasgow

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.

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Govan

Govan (Cumbric: Gwovan; Scots: Gouan; Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn) is a district, parish, and former burgh now part of southwest Glasgow, Scotland.

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Guardian valve

A guardian valve is a valve used in marine steam turbine propulsion plants to prevent steam from leaking into the astern turbine while the vessel is operating in the ahead mode. Marine steam engine and guardian valve are marine steam engines.

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Gudgeon pin

In internal combustion engines, the gudgeon pin (English, wrist pin or piston pin US English) connects the piston to the connecting rod, and provides a bearing for the connecting rod to pivot upon as the piston moves.

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Henry Eckford (steamboat)

Henry Eckford was a small passenger-cargo steamboat built in New York in 1824.

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Henry Maudslay

Henry Maudslay (pronunciation and spelling) (22 August 1771 – 14 February 1831) was an English machine tool innovator, tool and die maker, and inventor.

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Hercules (1907)

Hercules is a 1907-built steam tugboat that is now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California.

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HMS Black Eagle

HMS Firebrand was a wooden paddle vessel launched in 1831.

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Internal combustion engine

An internal combustion engine (ICE or IC engine) is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.

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James P. Allaire

James Peter Allaire (July 12, 1785 – May 20, 1858) was a master mechanic and steam engine builder, and founder of the Allaire Iron Works (est. 1815), the first marine steam engine company in New York City, and later Howell Works (est. 1822), in Wall Township, New Jersey.

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James Rumsey

James Rumsey (1743 – December 21, 1792) was an American mechanical engineer chiefly known for exhibiting a boat propelled by machinery in 1787 on the Potomac River at Shepherdstown in present-day West Virginia before a crowd of local notables, including Horatio Gates.

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John Elder (shipbuilder)

John Elder (8 March 1824 – 17 September 1869) was a Scottish marine engineer and shipbuilder.

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John Ericsson

John Ericsson (born Johan Ericsson; July 31, 1803 – March 8, 1889) was a Swedish-American engineer and inventor.

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John Fitch (inventor)

John Fitch (January 21, 1743 – July 2, 1798) was an American inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur, and engineer.

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John Penn (engineer)

John Penn (1805–1878) was an English marine engineer whose firm was pre-eminent in the middle of the 19th century due to his innovations in engine and propeller systems, which led his firm to be the major supplier to the Royal Navy as it made the transition from sail to steam power.

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Joshua Hendy Iron Works

The Joshua Hendy Iron Works was an American engineering company that existed from the 1850s to the late 1940s.

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Keel

The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a watercraft.

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Liberty ship

Liberty ships were a class of cargo ship built in the United States during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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Lydia Eva (steam drifter)

Lydia Eva is the last surviving steam drifter of the herring fishing fleet based in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

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Marine propulsion

Marine propulsion is the mechanism or system used to generate thrust to move a watercraft through water.

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Monitor (warship)

A monitor is a relatively small warship that is neither fast nor strongly armored but carries disproportionately large guns.

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North River Steamboat

The North River Steamboat or North River, colloquially known as the Clermont, is widely regarded as the world's first vessel to demonstrate the viability of using steam propulsion for commercial water transportation.

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Paddle steamer

A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. Marine steam engine and paddle steamer are marine steam propulsion.

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Paddle wheel

A paddle wheel is a form of waterwheel or impeller in which a number of paddles are set around the periphery of the wheel.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Propeller

A propeller (colloquially often called a screw if on a ship or an airscrew if on an aircraft) is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades that are set at a pitch to form a helical spiral which, when rotated, exerts linear thrust upon a working fluid such as water or air.

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Reciprocating engine

A reciprocating engine, also often known as a piston engine, is typically a heat engine that uses one or more reciprocating pistons to convert high temperature and high pressure into a rotating motion.

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Return connecting rod engine

A return connecting rod, return piston rod or (in marine parlance) double piston rod engine or back-acting engine is a particular layout for a steam engine. Marine steam engine and return connecting rod engine are steam engines.

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Revolutions per minute

Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min, r/min, or r⋅min−1) is a unit of rotational speed (or rotational frequency) for rotating machines.

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River Thames

The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.

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Riverboat

A riverboat is a watercraft designed for inland navigation on lakes, rivers, and artificial waterways.

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RMS Persia

Persia was a British passenger liner operated by the Cunard Line that won the Blue Riband in 1856 for the fastest westbound transatlantic voyage.

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Robert Fulton

Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the world's first commercially successful steamboat, the (also known as Clermont).

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Savannah, Georgia

Savannah is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and the county seat of Chatham County.

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Scotch marine boiler

A "Scotch" marine boiler (or simply Scotch boiler) is a design of steam boiler best known for its use on ships.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. Marine steam engine and steam engine are steam engines.

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Steam hammer

A steam hammer, also called a drop hammer, is an industrial power hammer driven by steam that is used for tasks such as shaping forgings and driving piles. Marine steam engine and steam hammer are steam power.

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Steam turbine

A steam turbine is a machine that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft. Marine steam engine and steam turbine are marine steam propulsion and steam engines.

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Steamboat

A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels.

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Stroke (engine)

In the context of an internal combustion engine, the term stroke has the following related meanings.

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Stroke ratio

Stroke ratio, today universally defined as bore/stroke ratio, is a term to describe the ratio between cylinder bore diameter and piston stroke length in a reciprocating piston engine.

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Suez Canal

The Suez Canal (قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt).

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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The Mariner's Mirror

The Mariner's Mirror is the quarterly academic journal of the Society for Nautical Research in the United Kingdom.

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Thomas Newcomen

Thomas Newcomen (February 1664 – 5 August 1729) was an English inventor who created the atmospheric engine, the first practical fuel-burning engine in 1712.

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Transatlantic crossing

Transatlantic crossings are passages of passengers and cargo across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe or Africa and the Americas.

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Tugboat

A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Merchant Marine Academy

The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA or Kings Point) is a United States service academy in Kings Point, New York.

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Victory ship

The Victory ship was a class of cargo ship produced in large numbers by American shipyards during World War II to replace losses caused by German submarines.

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Waterline

The waterline is the line where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water.

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Western Australian Museum

The Western Australian Museum is a statutory authority within the Culture and the Arts Portfolio, established under the Museum Act 1969.

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William Cramp & Sons

William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company (also known as William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company) was an American shipbuilding company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1830 by William Cramp.

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William Symington

William Symington (1764–1831) was a Scottish engineer and inventor during the Georgian era.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

Marine steam engines

• Grasshopper beam engine
• Guardian valve
• Marine steam engine

Marine steam propulsion

• Chaplin's patent distilling apparatus
• Deaerating feed tank
• Evaporator (marine)
• Marine steam engine
• Marine steam engines
• Paddle steamer
• Screw steamer
• Steam generator (auxiliary boiler)
• Steam generator (boiler)
• Steam turbine

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_steam_engine

Also known as Annular engine, Marine oscillating steam engine, Marine steam engines, Oscillating marine steam engine, Side-lever, Side-lever engine, Single expansion engine, Steeple engine, Trunk engine, Trunk steam engine, Vertical beam, Walking beam, Walking beam engine.

, Reciprocating engine, Return connecting rod engine, Revolutions per minute, River Thames, Riverboat, RMS Persia, Robert Fulton, Royal Navy, Savannah, Georgia, Scotch marine boiler, Scotland, Steam engine, Steam hammer, Steam turbine, Steamboat, Stroke (engine), Stroke ratio, Suez Canal, Sweden, The Mariner's Mirror, Thomas Newcomen, Transatlantic crossing, Tugboat, United Kingdom, United States, United States Merchant Marine Academy, Victory ship, Waterline, Western Australian Museum, William Cramp & Sons, William Symington, World War II.