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"Not a lot of people know that during the War of 1812, the British developed a modern ship type intended to sail across the ocean in a mere four days, provided it would not run into icebergs. As utopic as it sounded, a prototype was indeed built, but the mast broke during a storm right after it sailed out of port. Only a few minutes after the disaster, the American fleet took over control of the exclusive vessel amidst a long battle that ended furiously with a few crew members trying to save the ship.
The Americans kept trying to come up with different ideas for how to use it, but failed, implying it never was of any use at all. Modern scientists announced that a group made up of senators would guarantee that great effort would be made to search for the ship to find out what made it run so fast."

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Perun said:
"This post is complete rubbsih I only made it to examine the effectivity of subliminal messages.  Now get a glass of water."

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You made a typo...that's my thought. :P

Actually, after editing all that bloody code, I am pretty thirsty...now where's that glass?
 
It was terribly uncomfortable reading that thing, I was always having this itchy feeling and I really really wanted to somehow make all those cursive letters go away. But as for getting a glass of water? Nah, I just had dinner thanks.  :P
 
well she was a steam ship this is sure, as HM Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel  :wub: was not even born yet

at that time, ship plates were not welding but pinned to each other, and also the plates were enormously fater ( =heavier) than today, so a bigger speed could be achieved by
1) flatten the plates edges
2) making thiner plates

other possible reasons :
3) achieving an ideal fraction L/B
4) achieving more powerful steam in boilers
 
The designer apparently came from Sussex, a certain Dr Quincy Riggs, and was also responsible for the cracking of Roman pillars made in Lutetia.
 
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