|Feet.| Inches. |Inches.| Lb. | |
City of Paris. |\ | | | | | |
| } 525 | 631/4 |45, 71, 113| 60 | 150 |20,000 |
City of New York.|/ | | | | | |
-----------------+-----------+-----+-----------+-------+--------+-------+
Teutonic. |\ | | | | | |
| } 565 | 58 |43, 68, 110| 60 | 180 |18,000 |
Majestic. |/ | | | | | |
-----------------+-----------+-----+-----------+-------+--------+-------+
Normannia. | 500 | 571/2 |40, 67, 106| 66 | 160 |11,500 |
-----------------+-----------+-----+-----------+-------+--------+-------+
Columbia. | 4631/2 | 551/2 |41, 66, 101| 66 | 160 |12,500 |
-----------------+-----------+-----+-----------+-------+--------+-------+
Empress of India.|\ | | | | | |
Empress of Japan.| } 440 | 51 |32, 51, 82 | 54 | 160 |10,125 |
Empress of China.|/ | | | | | |
-----------------+-----------+-----+-----------+-------+--------+-------+
Orel. | 415 | 48 |34, 54, 85 | 51 | 160 |10,000 |
-----------------+-----------+-----+-----------+-------+--------+-------+

_Weight of Machinery Relatively to Power_.--It is interesting to compare
the weight of machinery relatively to the power developed; for this
comparison has sometimes been adopted as the standard of excellence in
design, in respect of economy in the use of material. The principle,
however, on which this has generally been done is open to some
objections. It has been usual to compare the weight directly with the
indicated horse-power, and to express the comparison in pounds per
horse-power. So long as the machinery thus compared is for vessels of
the same class and working at about the same speed of revolution, no
great fault can be found; but as speed of revolution is a great factor
in the development of power, and as it is often dependent on
circumstances altogether external to the engine and concerning rather
the speed of the ship, the engines fitted to high speed ships will thus
generally appear to greater advantage than is their due. Leaving the
condenser out of the question, the weight of an engine would be much
better referred to cylinder capacity and work