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Star Of The South (1853 Ship)
''Star of the South'' was a wooden-hulled, propeller-driven steamship launched in 1853. She was one of the first mechanically reliable and economically profitable propeller-driven steamships. Her success foretold the end of paddlewheel propulsion on ocean-going steamships. She was a success as a commercial freighter, and as an army transport in both the Crimean War and American Civil War. Continuous hard usage during her two wars and technological improvements in shipping, rendered her uncompetitive and she was broken up in 1868. Construction and characteristics ''Star of the South'' was conceived as a regularly scheduled passenger-cargo ship, or packet, sailing between New York City, New York and New Orleans. She was commissioned in 1852 by Thomas P. Stanton & Company of New York and J. W. Stanton & Company of New Orleans. Together they formed the Star Steamship Company which owned the vessel. It was managed by Joseph Warren Stanton of New Orleans. The two Stantons were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steam Engine
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure to push a piston back and forth inside a cylinder. This pushing force can be transformed, by a connecting rod and crank, into rotational force for work. The term "steam engine" is generally applied only to reciprocating engines as just described, not to the steam turbine. Steam engines are external combustion engines, where the working fluid is separated from the combustion products. The ideal thermodynamic cycle used to analyze this process is called the Rankine cycle. In general usage, the term ''steam engine'' can refer to either complete steam plants (including boilers etc.), such as railway steam locomotives and portable engines, or may refer to the piston or turbine machinery alone, as in the beam engine and stationary steam engine. Although steam-driven devices were known as early as the aeolipile in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
