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WAR, at the present time, brings home to us the necessity of considering “Energy,” its different forms, and their practical application. In these days, when the machinery of a battleship not only propels the vessel, but lights, ventilates, and controls the working of the heavy guns, it may be said that the ship is primarily dependent on one source of energy—Coal. A vessel short of this requisite has hitherto been compelled to fall out of line and be thus useless until she has “coaled ship,” which in many cases entails several miles steaming, delay, and perhaps lost opportunities.
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The Problem of Coaling at Sea . Nature 61, 430 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/061430a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/061430a0