equipment

Hi! A question I have is, how does everything in the Marconi Room, work? The purpose of each equipment? What is the purpose of the Silent Room? I know some stuff, like the Panel with the handles, they cranked the power up when Titanic was losing power. But how does it work? Jack Phillips and...

Description of electrical arrangements on the Olympic and Titanic including powergeneration telephones etc.... The Shipbuilder Wed, 00 Jun 1911 http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/the-electrical-equipment.html

Hello, is there any possibility that the high-voltage switchgear in the Silent Room exploded when it was flooded out by sea water during the sinking? i already understand that sparks were seen near the Arial lead-in during the sinking, but is there any possibility of things like batteries and...

The Printers room is located on D-Deck as part of the 1st class galley, you can view a 360 panorama of the room here (which by the way is a great resource for checking out rooms on titanic) My question is what kind of equipment and what printing process would be used to produce all the flyers...

Does anyone know the location of any of the original gym equipment from the Titanic, Olympic or even the recreated gym equipment from the movie? Also, I'd love to find out more about any electrical kitchen appliances from the kitchens of the Titanic or Olympic that are in exhibitions/home...

I read this about Titanic gymnasium: "...In addition to the usual outfit of Indian clubs, rowing machines, and stationary bicycles..." Can somebody tell me, what does the word "Indian" mean (in "Indian club"). Is it Indian as a Land-India or Indian as Indians-people? Thank you very much...

Second-class passenger and survivor Lawrence Beesley relates in his book "The Loss of SS Titanic" seeing a man on the deck filming the sailing and the near-collision with the liner New York at Southampton. Presumably the same person filmed additional footage during the voyage. According to...

Hi All, After reading Marconi`s submission the the British Enquiry, I see that not a lot had changed up to the time I was made redundant in 1989. However I have two questions to put:- 1) Storage Batteries - I presume these are lead/acid cells - when were these invented? -...

Hello, Just yesterday I was reading a book about the explosion and sinking of the riverboat "Sultana" in 1865 (with the loss in life of about 1700 Union soldiers recently paroled from Andersonville and Cahaba prisons). The book briefly talked about what could have been done to fight the...

Ships in 1912 often had a Marconi Multiple Tuner and it is possible that Titanic did too. However, I have reason to believe that a beast known as a Short Multiple Tuner may have been used! Does anyone out there know?