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- Modelling Sail Vessels for the LakesThe Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), October 1854, pp. 9 - 16 INLAND NAVIGATION. MODELLING SAIL VESSELS FOR THE LAKES. To achieve utility in the production of any class of shipping, it is necessary to consider carefully at least three grand governing conditions, which seem to demark the main outline of adaptation to commercial purposes. These ...The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), October 1854, pp. 9 - 16 INLAND NAVIGATION. MODELLING SAIL VESSELS FOR THE LAKES. To achieve utility in the production of any class of shipping, it is necessary to consider carefully at least three grand governing …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Inland Navigation. No. IIThe Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), November 1854, pp. 65-70 INLAND NAVIGATION. NO. II. Not to the proud ocean alone, with its rock-bound, surge- beaten shore, heaving its huge billows in terrific grandeur, or bearing in pride the swift, majestic ship upon a salt-water crest, is the contest for victory in maritime enterprise to be ...The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), November 1854, pp. 65-70 INLAND NAVIGATION. NO. II. Not to the proud ocean alone, with its rock-bound, surge- beaten shore, heaving its huge billows in terrific grandeur, or bearing in pride the swift, majestic …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Improvement of the St. Lawrence RiverThe Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), December 1854, pp. 176 Improvement of the St. Lawrence River. -- Mons. Maillefert, whose famous operations in submarine blasting are so widely known, has been engaged to remove the rock obstructions to navigation in the Long Sault, Coteau, Cedars, and other rapids of the St. Lawrence, between Ogdensburgh and Montreal. ...The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), December 1854, pp. 176 Improvement of the St. Lawrence River. -- Mons. Maillefert, whose famous operations in submarine blasting are so widely known, has been engaged to remove the rock obstructions to navigation in …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Screw propellersThe Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), March 1855, pp. 407-11 SCREW PROPELLERS. It has been contended for a considerable time by engineers, that the submerged propeller, as a mode of propulsion, was not the best adapted to the higher rates of speed in navigation, and that whatever might be the form, whether that of the regular, that ...The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), March 1855, pp. 407-11 SCREW PROPELLERS. It has been contended for a considerable time by engineers, that the submerged propeller, as a mode of propulsion, was not the best adapted to the higher rates …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Whittaker's Substitution of Side Screw for the Paddle-wheelThe Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), April 1855, pp. 53-54 WHITTAKER'S SUBSTITUTION OF SIDE SCREW FOR THE PADDLE-WHEEL The entire success of the steamer Baltic since the removal of the side paddle-wheels, and the substitution of screws, having more fully come within our reach since our last issue, we propose to furnish the facts ...The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), April 1855, pp. 53-54 WHITTAKER'S SUBSTITUTION OF SIDE SCREW FOR THE PADDLE-WHEEL The entire success of the steamer Baltic since the removal of the side paddle-wheels, and the substitution of screws, having more fully …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Large TimberThe Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), June 1855, pp. 227 LARGE TIMBER. We learn from the Eastern papers that Messrs. Fowler & Kelsey, of Wallaceburg, Canada West, manufactured, last winter, probably the largest stick of white oak timber ever seen on the Continent of North America, measuring in the log 61 feet long, 40x41 inches ...The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), June 1855, pp. 227 LARGE TIMBER. We learn from the Eastern papers that Messrs. Fowler & Kelsey, of Wallaceburg, Canada West, manufactured, last winter, probably the largest stick of white oak timber ever seen …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Oscillating Engines of Propeller Granite StateRees, E. H., The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), June 1855, pp. 245-46 OSCILLATING ENGINES OF PROPELLER GRANITE STATE. Office of "The Buffalo Steam Engine Works," Corner of Washington and Ohio streets. Buffalo, April 19th 1855. Messrs. Griffiths & Bates, -- Gents : -- Capt. H. Whittaker has ...Rees, E. H., The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), June 1855, pp. 245-46 OSCILLATING ENGINES OF PROPELLER GRANITE STATE. Office of "The Buffalo Steam Engine Works," Corner of Washington and Ohio streets. Buffalo, April 19th 1855. Messrs. Griffiths & Bates, -- Gents : …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Oscillating Engines of Propeller Granite StateRees, E. H., The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), June 1855, pp. 245-46 OSCILLATING ENGINES OF PROPELLER GRANITE STATE. Office of "The Buffalo Steam Engine Works," Corner of Washington and Ohio streets. Buffalo, April 19th 1855. Messrs. Griffiths & Bates, -- Gents : -- Capt. H. Whittaker has ...Rees, E. H., The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), June 1855, pp. 245-46 OSCILLATING ENGINES OF PROPELLER GRANITE STATE. Office of "The Buffalo Steam Engine Works," Corner of Washington and Ohio streets. Buffalo, April 19th 1855. Messrs. Griffiths & Bates, -- Gents : …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- On Screws and Screw Steamers -- Propellers on the Lakes, and the North CarolinaThe Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), July 1855, pp. 335-36 "The journal of the Franklin Institute, for June, contains quotations from the Nautical Magazine, furnishing data respecting the Lake Propellers, International, Buffalo, and Oriental, with remarks from the pen of a valued friend and correspondent. ;' The journal referred to, although occupying ...The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), July 1855, pp. 335-36 "The journal of the Franklin Institute, for June, contains quotations from the Nautical Magazine, furnishing data respecting the Lake Propellers, International, Buffalo, and Oriental, with remarks from the pen of …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Foul Air in a Steamboat's HoldB., S., The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), November 1854, pp.90-92 For the Nautical Magazine. FOUL AIR IN A STEAMBOAT'S HOLD. Gentlemen : -- I take the liberty of sending you some account of a very remarkable experience which I have just had in the physiologcal eflects of foul air, ‚-- such as may be, and in the ease I shall …B., S., The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), November 1854, pp.90-92 For the Nautical Magazine. FOUL AIR IN A STEAMBOAT'S HOLD. Gentlemen : -- I take the liberty of sending you some account of a very remarkable experience which I have …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Naval Construction in 1813Old Salt on the Lakes, The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), December 1854, pp. 160-61 NAVAL CONSTRUCTION IN 1813. Messrs. Editors : -- I have been thinking that if the British Admiralty knew how fast we can work on this side of the At- lantic, when a fleet or a fortress is to be taken, it may be they would have given an order for …Old Salt on the Lakes, The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), December 1854, pp. 160-61 NAVAL CONSTRUCTION IN 1813. Messrs. Editors : -- I have been thinking that if the British Admiralty knew how fast we can work on this side of the At- lantic, …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Shipbuilding on the Lakes, No. 1 Buffalo and the District of Buffalo Creek, N.Y.The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), January 1855, pp. 289-998 SHIP-BUIlDING ON THE LAKES. No I. BUFFALO AND THE DISTRICT OF BUFFALO CREEK, N. Y. It was originally our intention, in preparing a series of articles on Ship-building on the Lakes, to have gone back to the earliest period in its history, when the schooner ...The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), January 1855, pp. 289-998 SHIP-BUIlDING ON THE LAKES. No I. BUFFALO AND THE DISTRICT OF BUFFALO CREEK, N. Y. It was originally our intention, in preparing a series of articles on Ship-building on the …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Shipbuilding on the Lakes, No. 2The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), February 1855, pp. 374-77 SHIP-BUILDING ON THE LAKES. (Continued from page 298.) No. 2. The following Table will show the class, name, tonnage, by whom built, and at what ports other than Buffalo, of all Vessels built in the District of Buffalo Creek, during the past ten ...The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), February 1855, pp. 374-77 SHIP-BUILDING ON THE LAKES. (Continued from page 298.) No. 2. The following Table will show the class, name, tonnage, by whom built, and at what ports other than Buffalo, of …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Tables of the Schooner ChallengeThe Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), May 1855, pp. 106-11 TABLES OF THE SCHOONER CHALLENGE. In giving the mould-loft tables of this vessel, it may not be improper to make a few remarks, even though the writer and the builder should be found in the same individual. We are not of those who hold, that silence is always to be …The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), May 1855, pp. 106-11 TABLES OF THE SCHOONER CHALLENGE. In giving the mould-loft tables of this vessel, it may not be improper to make a few remarks, even though the writer and the builder …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Draught and Calculations of the Lake Propeller "Oriental."The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), May 1855, pp. 139-40 DRAUGHT AND CALCULATIONS OF THE LAKE PROPELLER "ORIENTAL." The "Oriental" was built at Buffalo, in 1854, by Messrs. Bidwell and Banta, and is the largest screw vessel on the Lakes. She is of 950 tons register, and carries 750 tons of freight. The weight of engine, boiler, ...The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), May 1855, pp. 139-40 DRAUGHT AND CALCULATIONS OF THE LAKE PROPELLER "ORIENTAL." The "Oriental" was built at Buffalo, in 1854, by Messrs. Bidwell and Banta, and is the largest screw vessel on the Lakes. …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- On Elevated Screw-PropellersStetson, Thomas D., The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), May 1855, pp. 141-46Stetson, Thomas D., The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), May 1855, pp. 141-46Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- The Practicability of Side-screw PropulsionThe Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), May 1855, pp. 146-49The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), May 1855, pp. 146-49Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Marine Disasters, and Loss of Life and Property on the Lakes, for 1854The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), May 1855, pp. 163-64The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), May 1855, pp. 163-64Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Tonnage of the LakesHenderson, John J., The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), May 1855, pp. 183-86Henderson, John J., The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), May 1855, pp. 183-86Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Marine.--Good News from the FlatsRees, E. H., The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), June 1855, p. 275 Marine. -- Good News from the Flats. -- A letter from Captain Bantam, of the bark Canada, to her owners in this city, states that the bark had been towed over the St. Clair Flats, drawing 10 feet 2 inches water. This is better than was expected. The Canada is …Rees, E. H., The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), June 1855, p. 275 Marine. -- Good News from the Flats. -- A letter from Captain Bantam, of the bark Canada, to her owners in this city, states that the bark had been towed …Maritime History of the Great Lakes