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Excerpt from The Technology Monthly and Harvard Engineering Journal, Vol. 3: May, 1916 The French already have at least two large submarines fitted with steam power plants. In the United States an arrangement for the large sea-going submarines recently authorized has been proposed whereby two boilers using superheated steam furnish the steam for two turbines which are connected by suitable clutches to motor - generators. These in turn, are also connected to the propeller shafts by clutches. By throw ing out these latter clutches the motor generators can be run independently by the steam turbines when it is desired to charge the storage batteries. When it is desired to run submerged the two forward clutches are thrown out, and the boat is then driven by the motors from the storage batteries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.