The Clyde from its source to the sea, its development as a navigable river, the rise and progress of marine engineering and shipbuilding on its banks, and the leading historical, geological, and meteorological features of the Clyde Valley . F THE COMET EV JOHN WOOD. ipplied by Henry M. Napier, Esq. THE RIVER. 167 this famous steamer was made was situated in DempsterStreet, a small street off North Frederick Street, in thenorth part of Glasgow. The original model of the Cometis in the possession of Messrs. John Reid & Co., ship-builders, Port-Glasgow, and shows the double set of. Engine of the
The Clyde from its source to the sea, its development as a navigable river, the rise and progress of marine engineering and shipbuilding on its banks, and the leading historical, geological, and meteorological features of the Clyde Valley . F THE COMET EV JOHN WOOD. ipplied by Henry M. Napier, Esq. THE RIVER. 167 this famous steamer was made was situated in DempsterStreet, a small street off North Frederick Street, in thenorth part of Glasgow. The original model of the Cometis in the possession of Messrs. John Reid & Co., ship-builders, Port-Glasgow, and shows the double set of. Engine of the Comet Steamboat. paddle-wheels as originally proposed and tried. Seeplate, which is a facsimile from a photograph of the ori-ginal draft of this vessel, kindly supplied by Henry , Esq. The drawing shows the vessel in both planand section, with the first-tried arrangement of the doublepaddle-wheel on each side, also the spur-wheel gearingconnecting the engine with the paddles. The navigation of the river had up till this time beenmanaged by boats, which, with the combined exertions of 168 THE CLYDE: FROM SOURCE TO SEA, sail and oars, made the passage up and down the river atmore or less regular intervals, as the time of the passagedepended much upon wind and tide. Thus Pennant,visiting the Clyde in 1772, tells us that after passingDumbarton, on his way to Greenock, they had a longcontest with a violent adverse wind and very turbulentwater. Bell appears early to have turned his attention to theuse of the paddle with hand power, some attempts havingbeen also made in
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