. A sketch of the origin and progress of steam navigation from authentic documents. or publication . .122-140 PLATES. To face Page Plan and Views of Millers Triple Vessel. Figs. 1, 2, 3 24 Plan and Views of Millers Triple Vessel. Figs. 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 .... 26 Plan and Views of Millers Triple Vessel. Figs. 6 and 7 28 Double Ship 32 Double Pleasure Boat 36 Engines of the Double Pleasure Boat 38 The Charlotte Dundas 54 Machinery of the Charlotte Dundas 56 The North River or Clermont, Robert Fulton 60 Perspective View of Machinery in Fultons Clermont 64 Plan of Machinery in Fultons Specifications o
. A sketch of the origin and progress of steam navigation from authentic documents. or publication . .122-140 PLATES. To face Page Plan and Views of Millers Triple Vessel. Figs. 1, 2, 3 24 Plan and Views of Millers Triple Vessel. Figs. 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 .... 26 Plan and Views of Millers Triple Vessel. Figs. 6 and 7 28 Double Ship 32 Double Pleasure Boat 36 Engines of the Double Pleasure Boat 38 The Charlotte Dundas 54 Machinery of the Charlotte Dundas 56 The North River or Clermont, Robert Fulton 60 Perspective View of Machinery in Fultons Clermont 64 Plan of Machinery in Fultons Specifications of Patent 68 The Comet 82 Engine and Paddle-wheels of Bells Comet 86 The Robert F. Stockton, afterwards New Jersey 98 Ericssons Screw Propellers in the Robert F. Stockton 102 H. M. Ship Dwarf, with Woodcrofts Patent varying Pitch Screw Propeller 120 TO JOSHUA FIELD, ESQ. C. E. PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, THIS SKETCH OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF STEAM NAVIGATION IS APPROPRIATELY AND MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY HIS FAITHFUL AND OBEDIENT SERVANT, THE PREFACE. ^?LTHOUGH much has been written and publishedon the subject of Steam Navigation, the merits ofthe several inventions by which it has been broughtinto practical operation have not in all cases beenfaithfully recorded, or duly assigned to their re-spective defect is intended to be supplied in the following Sketch;first, by a chronological enumeration of the several projectors, whethersubjects of Great Britain or Foreigners; and secondly, by presentingto the reader a clear and impartial statement of what has been accom-plished by each, viewed either as an original inventor, or as havingbeen instrumental in promoting the means by which Steam Naviga-tion has reached its present state of excellence. The pretensions of the several inventors are accordingly arrangedin the order of time, and at such length as the limits of the followingpages will admit. Those who have explained the nature
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