CHAPTER IV
THE HEART OF THE SUBMARINE
How the Submarine is Driven on the Surface and Undersea. An Explanation of the Operation of the Gasolene Engine, Storage Battery, Motor and Dynamo
CHAPTER IV
THE HEART OF THE SUBMARINE
Since the time of the first propelled underwater boat great strides have been made in the methods of driving the submarine, until at the present day the power plant seems to be well-nigh perfect.
As the steam engine was improved upon, its value for driving submarines became better thought of by inventors, not because it was at all suitable for the purpose, but in virtue of the fact that it was the first and for a long time the only practical scheme to produce power on a large scale. For this reason, all the early and even some of the later submarines were powered with steam engines.