Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Steam Engines

Also searchable as Marine Steam Engines.

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    44:09Type C and the use of prefabrication to expand outputChapter
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    1:06:29Could American trade help secure diplomatic acceptance?Notable Point
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    33:33Armor and machinery choices for a two-decker WarriorNotable Point
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    12:08Normandie's mixed engines complicated training and protectionNotable Point
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    32:55Military and engineering inventions associated with small workshopsQ&A
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    3:30:23Would a steam-powered aircraft need supercharging?Q&A
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    1:43:41What is meant by Novgorod's compound engines?Q&A
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    10:18Why inventions arrive when needs alignNotable Point
  10. New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response
    20:44Why the Union could supply ironclad machineryQ&A
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    1:10:29Why Blanco Encalada used twin-shaft steam powerQ&A
  12. Steam Battleships (1876-1891)
    40:47Re Umberto and Italy’s near-miss battleship designNotable Point
  13. Ship Shape & Running on Gas
    0:28Australia's surviving Crimean War ship enginesNotable Point
  14. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    3:34Turning Thunder Child into an 1890s warship designChapter
  15. HMVS Cerberus: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 4
    5:00Why a harbour defender did not need ocean speedNotable Point
  16. HMVS Cerberus: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 4
    11:33The difficult delivery voyage to MelbourneChapter
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    45:57Arkwright's mill and a pump-storage workaroundNotable Point
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    21:01How the Orlando experience tightened naval engine procurementQ&A
  19. Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books
    1:22:35How steamships managed coal soot on their sailsQ&A
  20. Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!
    25:37Every early steam engine had its own operating quirksNotable Point
  21. Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!
    43:16Steam-engine builders could not promise schedule, power, or efficiencyNotable Point
  22. Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!
    1:01:19Bretagne’s disputed speed depended on load and machinery conditionNotable Point
  23. Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!
    1:02:57Marine engineers held authority over machinery no one else understoodNotable Point
  24. Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam
    1:09Steam power as a systems problemChapter
  25. Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam
    7:00The aeolipile and the power gapNotable Point
  26. Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam
    11:31Mining demand, boilers, and manpower pressureChapter
  27. Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam
    13:56Trevithick, Sims, and high-pressure steamChapter
  28. Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam
    18:20Why navies wanted repeatable enginesNotable Point
  29. Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam
    21:59Charlotte Dundas and steamboat viabilityChapter
  30. Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam
    26:51Savannah, Great Western, and the liner transitionChapter
  31. Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam
    32:44How shared engineering accelerated the steam transitionNotable Point
  32. Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam
    33:23Side-lever and beam engines in early warshipsChapter
  33. Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam
    36:29Compact grasshopper engines versus exposed crossheadsNotable Point
  34. Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam
    38:00Walking-beam engines and American path dependenceChapter
  35. Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam
    40:30Why the path to expansion engines was not linearChapter
  36. Calypso (1883) Class
    21:54George Rennie and the engineering behind Calypso's machineryNotable Point
  37. Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 5
    19:36Twenty-two knots from specialized cruising and speed enginesNotable Point
  38. HMS Inconstant(1868): 19th Century Cruisers p2
    4:19Eleven boilers, a giant propeller, and 16 knotsChapter
  39. Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    4:52A scout cruiser built around its machineryChapter
  40. Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    8:05Coal quality behind the published performanceNotable Point
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    42:25Clyde output and innovation before declineChapter
  42. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 2, Abercrombie Class
    1:36Abercrombie-class monitors built around 14-inch gunsChapter
  43. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 2, Abercrombie Class
    8:58Monitor weight distribution traded speed for gun stabilityNotable Point
  44. Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books
    1:43:25Recovering steam-engine exhaust energy with a turbineNotable Point
  45. Paddle Ships at War
    1:22:28Water supply shaped American and British steam railwaysNotable Point
  46. Flower Class Shorts no 4: HMS Polyanthus
    0:18A simple minesweeper built to survive a blastNotable Point