As the seawater induction for the auxiliary seawater pump was still under the water, the steam lines fracturing when the ship broke in two would have blown off the steam to the dynamo and the lights would have died. Some survivors reported that they saw the lamps glow before going out, commensurate with the dynamo running down. With the ship at such an angle, any engineers left below would not have physically been able to save themselves even if they wanted to. Starting the main dynamos All five single-ended boilers in Boiler Room 1 (the line used for electrical power in port) The emergency dynamos were connected to – Shown Their Work: Pratchett puts in a fair bit of detail about how the railway and steam engines work.

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GovernorConfusion Fu: On the rare instances Moist is called on to fight he finds chaotic approaches seem to work, on the basis if he doesn't know what he will do next his opponent won't either. And the Adventure Continues: The last (main continuity) Discworld novel ends on this note, rather than a Grand Finale. Raising Steam touches base with many of the Discworld's numerous characters, definitively blows apart Medieval Stasis (which had been crumbling recently anyway), and looks to the future with an optimistic air. These ships carried 24 engineers, 6 electrical engineers, two boilermakers, a plumber and the Chief Engineer’s Writer (Clerk). For a complete listing and the duties of the engineers, see Titanic's engineering staff by Dr Denis Griffiths. Structurally, this book felt odd to me. Some of the scenes felt more described or summarized rather than fully executed. Iron Girder sometimes behaves in such a way that Moist speculates she might be alive. It turns out, not only has she gained sapience, she has ascended to godhood, due to representing the railway itself in the minds of nearly everyone.

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Exact Words: Vetinari does this on purpose for the sake of plausible deniability. Of particular note is when he says he'd execute Moist if he found any evidence of Moist using the city's golem reserve. Brain Bleach: Moist requires some after accidentally considering the possibility that goblin women have breast milk. This book had two deleted scenes cut from it called 'The Skeleton in the Cavern' and 'Counterblast.' These were reprinted in the convention exclusive Terry Pratchett's Folio.

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THE WORLD LIVES BETWEEN THOSE WHO SAY IT CANNOT BE DONE AND THOSE WHO SAY THAT IT CAN . . . IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THINKING CREATIVELY.' With the ship up to 50% power or more ahead, and prior to full away, the low-pressure turbine is warmed through, with its exhaust directed to the two condensers. At the moment the main engines are still exhausting direct to the condensers, so we operate the huge changeover valves (themselves steam engine driven as they are so big – see Figure 25) - to direct the exhaust steam from the reciprocating engines to the low-pressure turbine, on the shaft of which is the centre propeller. The turbine will work up to speed, governed by the exhaust steam pressure (the turbine also has an over speed device which works on the changeover valves to avoid damaging the turbine if it overspeeds for any reason). Vetinari, like many 20 th century dictators is keen on not only getting the railways running on time but expanded throughout the realm and beyond. A common remark about tyrants and dictators on Earth, at least since 1900, has been " At least he got the trains running on time". This was famously said about Benito Mussolini, who in fact couldn't keep the trains on time - there are limits to a Fascist dictator's power, and Benito discovered his was the Italian state railway. Adolf Hitler didn't have to exert himself - German state railways already ran to an incredible peak of efficiency without Nazi help. Pratchett uses this "trains running on time theme" in many of his novels, including a previous Moist von Lipwig book, Going Postal. No.1 Boiler Room, forward of the reciprocating engineroom houses the single ended boilers used for hotel services and auxiliary supplies in port. The double-ended boilers are fired for transatlantic passages up to full speed and primarily used for main propulsion.