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From: "Peter Monks" <>
Subject: Re: [Mar] Turbines vs Diesels (&Scott-Still)
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 10:08:08 -0400
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Greetings,

Many thanks for the never ending and fascinating items as discussed on
Mariners. My book: A Manual Of Marine Engineering, by A. E. Seaton (1928
edition) gives 'The Still Engine' details, as you list along with references
to Doxford and Fullagar engines.

Peter in North West Ontario
> In the 1920s there was an marine engine called a Scott-Still which was a
> double acting reciprocating engine, with a diesel cycle in the top surface
> of the piston, and a steam cycle on the underside; the economiser section
of
> the boiler was the cooling jacket around the cylinder, and the evaporator
> was heated by the diesel exhaust. It had quite a high efficiency and was
> used for a short
> time in some tugs, but it's invention was too late before the advent of
the
> high-speed diesel for it to catch on; I don't think it lasted beyond the
> early '30s.
>
> regards
>
> Dave Andrews, Bristol UK
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Walter White" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 3:37 PM
> Subject: [Mar] Turbines in cargoships
>
>
> > Why were so few freighters in the 1950's and 60's powered by steam
> turbines?
> >
> > Walter White
> >
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