Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ller of Dalswinton,was experimenting with paddles turned by hand. Symingtonworked out for him the application of steam power, and built, in1788, a small engine of two-horse power, which was fitted to adouble boat having the paddles inside, and drove it at five milesan hour. A larger engine at a cost of £250, fitted to a vessel 90feet long, was less successful. Miller then gave up the idea, butin 1801 Symingt
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ller of Dalswinton,was experimenting with paddles turned by hand. Symingtonworked out for him the application of steam power, and built, in1788, a small engine of two-horse power, which was fitted to adouble boat having the paddles inside, and drove it at five milesan hour. A larger engine at a cost of £250, fitted to a vessel 90feet long, was less successful. Miller then gave up the idea, butin 1801 Symington got another order from Lord Dundas, and ^ A dra\vin<^ of the slide-rest is to be found in the French Encyclopedie of1772 ; but, according to Smiles, it is unlikely that Maudslay had seen it. INBUS TR Y TRANSFORMED. 815 1815] built the Charlotte Diiijdast on an improved principle. The boatwas intended for use on the Forth and Clyde Canal, but thoughit worked well enough, the proprietors disliked the idea andrefused to use the boat. The Duke of Bridgewater gaveSymington an order for eight similar vessels, but, as he diedinnnediately after, the order was cancelled and Symington. THE EUAMAII ORIGINAL HYDUAILIC PU3IP AND PI1E!<S.{Victoria and Albert Museiim.) brought to a standstill. In the meanwhile, Fulton, who hadseen the Gha liotte Diindai^, ordered a marine engine at Soho,and, taking it to America, tittod it to the Clermovt, which ransuccessfully on the Hudson. In 1813 Henry Bell, of Glasgow,who had been meditating and experimenting off and on since1786, built the Comet of three horse-power, which began to plyregularly on the Clyde. She was regarded with more alarmthan admiration, and one skipper of a sailing craft, being over- 816 ENGLANDS STRUGGLE FOB EXISTENCE. [1802-1815 taken and jeered at by the crew of the Comet, cried out, ? (Jetoot of niv sicht! Im just gaun as it pleases the breath o theAlmicht}, and Ill neer fash my thumb how fast ye gang wiyour blasted dee
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