FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. |
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A Drama of the Sea, | Frontispiece |
Specifications of Early Patents taken out in England, | 15 |
The Etruria, | 37 |
Triple-expansion Engine of the Aller, Trave, and Saale, | 41 |
The Giovanni Bausan, of the Italian Navy, | 49 |
The North German Lloyd Steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II., | 65 |
The White Star Steamer Majestic, | 75 |
The Inman Line Steamer City of Paris, | 81 |
General View of the Frames of the City of New York—June 25, 1887, | 99 |
In the Grand Saloon of an Inman Steamer, | 115 |
The End of the Voyage, | 139 |
In the Steerage, | 145 |
On the Bridge in a Gale, | 161 |
“Muster, all Hands,” | 167 |
Night Signalling, | 177 |
Out of Reckoning.—A Narrow Escape, | 187 |
Landing Stages at Liverpool, | 191 |
At Close Quarters, Among the Icebergs, | 201 |
The Deep-sea Sounding Machine at Work, | 207 |
Loading Grain from a Floating Elevator, | 221 |
Unloading and Loading a Coastwise Steamer by Electric Light, | 227 |
The “Whaleback” Steamship for Grain and other Freight, | 235 |
Unloading a Banana Steamship, | 241 |
A Cattle Steamship at Sea, | 249 |
Chart of the World, Showing the Principal Steamship Routes, | 257 |
Deck Quoits on a P. and O. Liner, | 261 |
Entrance to the Suez Canal at Port Said, | 267 |
The Port of Valparaiso in a Norther, | 285 |
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. |
The Great Western, from an Old Painting, | 10 |
Cross-Section of the Great Western, | 11 |
The Great Britain, | 13 |
Plan of the Hibernia and Cambria, | 22 |
Model of the Persia and Scotia, | 31 |
Longitudinal Section of the Warship Duilio, | 33 |
The Britannic, | 34 |
Cross-section of the Oregon, | 40 |
Cross-section of the Servia, | 40 |
Longitudinal Section of the Champagne, | 42 |
The Chilian Cruiser Esmeralda, | 47 |
The Belted Cruiser Orlando, with Twin Screws, | 51 |
The City of Rome, | 54 |
H. B. M. S. Polyphemus at Full Speed—185/8 Knots, | 59 |
The ImpÉrieuse going at Full Speed, | 64 |
Passenger Steamer Princesse Henriette at Full Speed—241/2 Miles per Hour, | 69 |
Engines of the Comet, | 70 |
Passenger Steamer Duchess of Hamilton at Full Speed—21 Miles per Hour, | 71 |
Passenger Steamer Columba at Full Speed—21 Miles per Hour, | 72 |
The Twin Screws of the City of New York, | 84 |
The Propeller of the North German Lloyd Steamer Havel, | 85 |
Recent Naval Engine, | 87 |
Italian Cruiser Piemonte at Full Speed—22.3 Knots = 253/4 Miles per Hour, | 89 |
The Umbria just before Launching, | 94 |
Frames of the City of New York, looking aft—July 19, 1887, | 102 |
Frames of the City of New York, looking forward—July 19, 1887, | 103 |
The Manganese Bronze Propeller-Blade of the Wrecked Steamer Mosel, after it had Beaten upon a Reef, | 106 |
A Stern View, Showing Twin Screws, | 108 |
The City of New York ready for Launching, | 109 |
Model of a Steamer Designed to Cross the Atlantic in Five Days, | 110 |
The Steamer’s Barber-shop, | 121 |
More Comfortable on Deck, | 123 |
A Quiet Flirtation, | 125 |
Smoking-room of a French Liner, | 127 |
The Gang Plank—Just before Sailing, | 132 |
The Saloon of a Hamburg Steamer, | 134 |
The Pilot Boarding, | 135 |
Revenue Officer Boarding, New York Bay, | 142 |
Down the Channel in a Fog—A Narrow Escape, | 157 |
The Skipper, | 158 |
The Deck Lookout—“Danger Ahead,” | 160 |
The Boatswain’s Whistle, | 164 |
The Cook, | 165 |
Washing Down the Decks, | 169 |
The Stoke Hole, | 172 |
In the Fo’castle, | 174 |
Watching for the Sun on a Cloudy Day, | 176 |
The Deck Steward, | 180 |
Captain’s Breakfast, | 181 |
The Night Signal of a Disabled Steamer, | 183 |
Eddystone Lighthouse, English Channel, | 194 |
A Whistling Buoy, | 195 |
Lighthouse, Atlantic City, N. J., | 197 |
A Bell Buoy, | 199 |
Lighthouse, Sanibel Island, Fla., | 205 |
Off Fire Island, New York, | 210 |
Gedney’s Channel, outside New York Harbor, at Night, | 211 |
The Lightship, off Sandy Hook, | 213 |
Broken Bow of La Champagne, after her Collision outside New York Harbor, December, 1890, | 214 |
A Sunken Schooner, | 215 |
The Specie-room of a Passenger Steamship, | 232 |
Cross-section of a Tank Steamship, showing the Expansion Tank, | 244 |
Loading a Tank Steamship with Oil, by Force Pumps, | 245 |
The Port of Aden, Arabia, | 270 |
A Deck-bath in the Tropics, | 271 |
Promenade Deck of an Orient Liner, | 274 |
Landing Passengers at Natal, South Africa, | 279 |
Steamer at Anchor, Simon’s Bay, Cape of Good Hope, | 291 |