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[Operation of the Steamship and Its Engine at the End of the Tokugawa Period: Case Study of the Kaga Clanʼs Hakki-Maru] 幕末期における蒸気船運転と蒸気機関: 加賀藩の発機丸を事例に (2020)

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Transportation Technology transfer Steam engines; steam turbines Edo period (Japan, 1603-1868) Japan

The author will clarify the engine operation and its specifications of Hakki-Maru of Kaga clan that was the steamship introduced to Japan at the end of the Tokugawa period. 　　 Hakki-Maru was propelled by sails and a steam engine on Japanʼs coastline. The engine operation was relatively smooth under the calm weather, but some steam leaks of the boiler occurred mainly at the stormy weather. Though the boiler of Hakki-Maru was designed to generate steam pressures of 60 psi., the steam pressure was frequently less than 1/4 of the maximum working pressure. The repair of the engine required the help of a Shogunate engineer with a lot of operating experience. 　　 Hakki-Maru built in the United Kingdom and was equipped with a compound engine. Also it is highly probable that a combination of cylindrical boiler and surface condenser was equipped. These were developed to improve the efficiency of the engine but had been just put into practical use. The frequent breakdowns at Hakki-Maru were due to the installation of the latest equipment that required careful operation and maintenance. 　 　 The steamship sold to Japan at the end of the Tokugawa period included not only old ones but also new one equipped with some cutting-edge technology. Since the steamship itself was the means of transportation, the latest technology onboard could quickly spread to the distant locations.

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Authors & Contributors
Bai, Xin
Egorova, O. V.
Endo, Jiro
Gouzevitch, D. Yu.
Gouzevitch, I. D.
Hashimoto, Takehiko
Journals
科学史研究 Kagakusi Kenkyu (History of Science)
Nei Menggu Shifan Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)
Quaderns d'Història de l'Enginyeria
VIET: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Publishers
Harvard University Asia Center
Meltemi
Oxford University Press
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Steam engines; steam turbines
Technology transfer
East Asia, civilization and culture
Science and politics
Technology
Mathematics
People
Betancourt y Molina, Agustín de
Black, Joseph
Boyle, Robert
Gennai, Hiraga
Nagoya, Gen'i
Newcomen, Thomas
Time Periods
Edo period (Japan, 1603-1868)
18th century
17th century
19th century
20th century
Early modern
Places
Japan
Great Britain
China
Spain
India
Europe
Institutions
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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