A history of the growth of the steam-engine . Fig. 80.—The Clermont, 1807. great honor of having been the first to make steam-naviga-tion an every-day commercial success, and of having thusmade the first application of the steam-engine to ship-pro^pulsion, which was not followed by the retii-ement of the. Fio. 81.—Engine of the Clermont, 1808. experimenter from the field of his labors before successwas permanently insured. The engine of the Clermont (Fig. 81) was of rather pe- STEAM-NAVIGATION. 259 euliar form, the piston, E, being coupled to the crank-shaft,0, by a bell-crank, ISP, and a conn
A history of the growth of the steam-engine . Fig. 80.—The Clermont, 1807. great honor of having been the first to make steam-naviga-tion an every-day commercial success, and of having thusmade the first application of the steam-engine to ship-pro^pulsion, which was not followed by the retii-ement of the. Fio. 81.—Engine of the Clermont, 1808. experimenter from the field of his labors before successwas permanently insured. The engine of the Clermont (Fig. 81) was of rather pe- STEAM-NAVIGATION. 259 euliar form, the piston, E, being coupled to the crank-shaft,0, by a bell-crank, ISP, and a connecting-rod, P Q, thepaddle-wheel shaft, M N, being separate from the crank-shaft, and connected with the latter by gearing, O 0. ThecylLaders were 24 inches in diameter by 4 feet stroke. Thepaddle-wheels had buckets 4 feet long, witll a dip of 2 drawings, made by Fultons own hand, and showingthe engine as it was in 1808, and the engine of a latersteamer, the Chancellor Livingston, are in the lecture-roomof the author at the Stevens Institute of Technology. The voyage of the Clermont to Albany was attendedby some ludicrous incidents, which found their counterpartswherever, subsequently, steamers were for the first timeintroduced. Mr. Golden, the biographer of Fulton, saysthat she was des
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