Section 02 · 4 guides
Machinery & Armament
What drove her, and how she aimed.
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Triple-Expansion, in an Age of TurbinesReciprocating machinery on a capital ship, and why she kept it.
By the archive
7 min read -
What Coal-to-Oil Conversion ChangedRange, manning, and the end of the stokehold as a way of life.
By the archive
4 min read -
Five Turrets and a Measuring ProblemThe difficulty was never the mounting — it was knowing where anything was.
By the archive
3 min read -
How You Aim From a Moving PlatformRangefinders, directors and the mechanical computers that came after.
By the archive
3 min read