steamship
IPA: stˈimʃɪp
noun
- A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.
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Examples of "steamship" in Sentences
- Another steamship is launched, and the potent store is almost gone.
- The signal of another steamship is a warning of the one; the answering echo announces the nearness of the other.
- It was only by this that it could be made practicable, so that the steamship is the product of the steam-engine, and it is to
- To compete in two of its specialties with the cradle of the common school and the steamship is a step that tells of the bold Scandinavian spirit.
- I renew my recommendation of two years ago for the passage of a bill for the refunding to certain German steamship lines of the interest upon tonnage dues illegally exacted.
- The claims for interest upon the amount of tonnage dues illegally exacted from certain German steamship lines were favorably reported in both Houses of Congress at the last session, and I trust will receive final and favorable action at an early day.
- But looking at the matter conversely, the great disadvantage of the flying machine is apparent; for in the latter no flight at all is possible unless the proportion of horse-power to flying capacity is very high; but on the other hand a steamship is a mechanical success if its ratio of horse-power to tonnage is insignificant.
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