Excerpt from Naval Reserves, Training, and Matériel: June 1888<br><br>Chapter VI, on machinery, describes the recent progress made in ma rine boilers and in forced draft, and contains tabular statements oft-he results Obtained with the different systems Of forced draft in use on board naval and mercantile vessels. This Chapter includes data, of forced-draft experiments, and a description of Fothergill's system, as described at the recent meeting in England Of the Institution Of Naval Architects.<br><br>Chapter VII contains a historical review of the principles applied and the methods employed to preserve the bottoms of iron 'and steel ships from corrosion and fouling, and indicates the present stage Of progress in this most important but as yet comparatively unfruitful field Of research and experiment.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.