The employment of steel castings. particularly for stern frames and rudders was distinctly on the increase.
For some time unit castings with A slightly lower level was w nessed in the silver market today, with both spot and forward declining 4d. from Saturday.
Apr. 23 Apr. 25 hollow cores had been used for small London spot and medium sized streamlire rudders forward tut it was now becoming ordinary 1 ondon/New York:
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18}}d. practice, for the rudders of the large: classes of ship, to use castings wit wells of relatively thin material} stiffened by ribs. Time must elapse before it could be judged whether these were an improvement but Sir Maurice Denny added that a cast rudder could scarcely leak. which could hardly be said of a built structure.
Variety in design had been more marked on the machinery side. although evolution had been more evident than revolution, Steam machinery still predominated in British built tonnage and various machinery combinations were being employed in cargo ships.
Turbines were now practically the only fare in passenger steamships and were being increasingly adopted in fast cargo line: Abroad, on the other hand, the 4 One pound $498); One U.S. dollar Gold 139/73d.. 139/64.
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