Abstract :
This paper describes the electrical installation of one of the two Argentine battleships building in this country and now nearing completion. The methods of installation and distribution of energy; the extensive application, far surpassing any vessel so far constructed in this country, and the results secured by departure from present practise; all these are concisely recorded. Detailed descriptions are given of important and unusual equipments such as steering gear, anchor windlass, searchlights, gyro-compass, etc., etc.