Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1913 — Gas-driven Russian Ships. [ARTICLE]

Gas-driven Russian Ships.

That internal combustion engines of Increasing size are being used for vessels in various parts of Europfe la shown by that the Russian navy is now engaged in building two vesels at the Nlcolaieff docks, which are of 12,000 tons draught. On the other band, the German navy is constructing a new type of marine motor of 8,000 .horsepower size. England already possesses boats of the "Eavestone" class having four-cylinder engines of 1,000 horsepower, and is going Into the construction of a new vessel engined at 6.000 horsepower, using a newly designed type of six-cylinder oil engine.—Scientific American.