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weight of steel car, 110 feet long, and con-taining a steel gasoline reservoir of like length, 18 inches in diameter, and capacity of 1,200 gallons, 4,500 pounds. Engine formerly used, Lorraine-Dietrich 70-80 horsepower, driving two steel screws each 11 feet in diameter. This motive system has
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[[caption]]THE "AMERICA" READY FOR HER TRIAL––LIFE BOAT ON PROW OF CAR-NEAR BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT METEOROLOGICAL AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS––ON THE FLOOR THE EQUILEBRATOR AND RETARDER SERPENTS.[[/caption]]
been doubled by the addition of an 80 horsepower Antoinette engine and another set of steel screws, with independent gear and system throughout. In our trial trip of 1907 the America carried a crew of three––myself, Chief Engineer Melvin Vaniman, whose genius and skill have done so much toward perfecting this ship, and Navigator Felix Reisenberg, of Columbia University. She carried also 10 sledge dogs, sledges, small
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