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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 587, 16 August 1909, Page 9

' Apparently we ore on the cvo of some important investigations as to the possibility of usefully applying the turbino to tho tramp (says α-lloinc paper). The Parsons MarJiie Turbine Company have acquired the Vespasian, and In connection with certain naval contracts In Spain she is to,be employed,' first with reciprocating engines, and aftcrwarde with turbines. She has juiit gono out to tho Mediterranean with a coal cargo, carrying with her an extra stall' of engineers and coal weighore, who aro charged with the duty of noting with great accuracy tho speed and coal consumption oi tho vessel. It is sa id that when sufficient datn on these points have been obtained the sten, iner will rcturu to the Tync to bo fitted with low-speed turbines, and Hint then once again Her speed nod coal consumption will bo noted, for the obvious purpose of comparison with tho results obtained under the former conditions. Tho experiment is of great intercet, because it points to tho possibility of still further economy Iα what may bo colled the ovary-day, sliip.