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{| 8| 109| 436| 1109| 16.22| 369| 1209| 2684| 2 1 10
{| 9| 155| 620| 1155| 15. 1| 466| 1112| 2733| 2 7 8
2,500 {| 10| 213| 852| 1213| 13.13| 577| 999| 2788| 2 16 11
{| 11| 284| 1136| 1284| 12. 7| 699| 867| 2849| 3 11 3
{| 12| 368| 1472| 1368| 11. 7| 830| 717| 2915| 4 14 5
| | | | | | | | |
{| 8| 172| 688| 2172| 16.22| 582| 2537| 5291| 1 16 1
{| 9| 245| 980| 2245| 15. 1| 737| 2386| 5368| 1 19 7
5,000 {| 10| 336| 1344| 2336| 13.13| 882| 2223| 5441| 2 4 1
{| 11| 448| 1792| 2448| 12. 7| 1103| 2000| 5551| 2 13 1
{| 12| 581| 2324| 2581| 11. 7| 1311| 1763| 5655| 3 5 1
| | | | | | | | |
{| 8| 276| 1104| 4276| 16.22| 934| 5257| 10467| 1 12 3
{| 9| 388| 1552| 4388| 15. 1| 1168| 5028| 10584| 1 13 10
{| 10| 536| 2144| 4536| 13.13| 1407| 4760| 10703| 1 16 9
10,000 {| 11| 712| 2848| 4712| 12. 7| 1753| 4411| 10876| 2 2 1
{| 12| 928| 3712| 4928| 11. 7| 2094| 4025| 11047| 2 9 4
{| 13| 1180| 4720| 5180| 10.10| 2458| 3591| 11229| 2 19 5
{| 14| 1472| 5888| 5472| 9.16| 2848| 3104| 11424| 3 14 3
| | | | | | | | |
{| 8| 436| 1744| 8436| 16.22| 1476| 10826| 20738| 1 9 0
{| 9| 620| 2480| 8620| 15. 1| 1866| 10447| 20933| 1 9 11
{| 10| 852| 3408| 8852| 13.13| 2236| 10030| 21118| 1 11 4
20,000 {| 11| 1136| 4544| 9136| 12. 7| 2797| 9466| 21398| 1 14 9
{| 12| 1472| 5888| 9472| 11. 7| 3322| 8867| 21661| 1 19 1
{| 13| 1872| 7488| 9872| 10.10| 3900| 8178| 21950| 2 4 11
{| 14| 2340| 9360| 10340| 9.16| 4528| 7396| 22264| 2 13 1
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Mr. Atherton gives this table, which shows the following facts:

That, as the various sized vessels named, increase in speed from 8 to
12, or from 8 to 14 miles per hour, their horse power, as well
consequently as their coal, increases:

That, as the speed increases, so does the weight of the hull and
engines:

That, as the speed increases, with the consequent increased coal and
engine weigh