. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. NSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY In 1844 he designed and built the Maria, the fastest saiHng-vessel of her was the yacht that defeated the America in New York harbor a month before thelatter won the memorable race on the Solent. It was in this race^ that her Majesty, QueenVictoria, when she asked her favorite skipper who was first and second in the race,received for a reply The America leads, there is no
. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. NSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY In 1844 he designed and built the Maria, the fastest saiHng-vessel of her was the yacht that defeated the America in New York harbor a month before thelatter won the memorable race on the Solent. It was in this race^ that her Majesty, QueenVictoria, when she asked her favorite skipper who was first and second in the race,received for a reply The America leads, there is no second. Robert L. Stevens will be remembered as the greatest American mechanicalengineer — a most intelligent naval architect — to whom the world is indebted for thecommencement of the mightiest revolution in the methods of modern naval warfare. . The laborious and useful life of Edwin A. Stevens was occupied in the Hfelongmanagement of his fathers estate, on which the city of Hoboken now stands; in the organ-ization, construction, and operation of the Camden and Amboy Railroad, of which he wasthe active business manager; in making improvements in steam navigation; in the great. Race Between Yachts America and Maria, the Latter,Rigged as a Sloop, in the Foreground part taken by him in the introduction of iron armor on ships of war; and in devisingmethods of attack and defence for ironclads. . During that period (1820-25) he in-vented and patented the Stevens plough, which was much liked and extensively used foryears. ... In 1825, at the age of 30, he took charge of the Union Line, which then car- well defended by success!- in her hull and spars by EdShe disappeared mysteriously \merican yachts, andA Stevens, but re-being, it is sup- The America Cup, which has been sis still held in this country, was won in this race. The Maria was modified from time tomained to the last the fastest sailing-vessel of herposed, run away with and lost at sea. Another evidence of the remarkable
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