Have you ever seen a steamship? Can you guess why it is called that way?
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One way to distinguish steamships from other vessels is by spotting their chimneys, that are called funnels. The name of those ships comes after the fact that they use steam engines to propel. Steam engines use some kind of a fuel (usually coal) to heat water to the point of boil. The result steam from the boiling water creates pressure that is used to rotate the ship propellors.
Such ships are used since 1800s. One of the most popular is Titanic. It was the largest steamer build for its time. Unfortunately, during its maiden travel in 1912 across the Atlantic ocean it hits an iceberg. The ship sinks killing more than 1500 of its passengers.
Those ships are the first to replace the sailboats as main way to travel on water. They do not depend on the whether conditions and the existence of wind, which makes them much more reliable. Nowadays they are replaced by ships driven by diesel engines, although there are still some variations to steam engines.
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Do you remember the type of vessel we built in the previous lesson?
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