The captain of an ocean steamer in most cases finds out when his vessel is nppronching an iceberg from the men down in the engine-room. That sounds queer, but it is a fact nevertheless. It appears that when a steamship enters water considerably colder than that through which it has been going its propeller runs faster. Such water usually surrounds the vicinage of icebergs for many miles. When the propeller's action, t lie re fore, is accelerated without the steam-power being increased, word is passed up to the officer on the bridge that icebergs may be expected, and :i idose look-out for this is established. There arc natural reason* for the propeller acting in this way, and sea captains will assert the same thing.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 330, 17 June 1911, Page 10
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124Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 330, 17 June 1911, Page 10
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