Steam-ships : The story of their development to the present day by R. A. Fletcher

8. John Fitch’s Oared Paddle-boat, 1786 22

From a contemporary drawing

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Chapter 1 Ch.1
introduction of the railway system inland. Between the two, however, Ch.2
1885. The last fifteen years of the century saw the tonnage of the Ch.3
1. The _William Fawcett_, the first P. & O. Steam-ship; Ch.4
2. The _Chancellor Livingston_ _Headpiece to Preface_ Ch.5
3. Primitive Paddle-boats 3 Ch.6
4. “Barque à Roues”: Primitive Chinese Paddle-boat 5 Ch.7
5. “Liburna” or Galley, worked by Oxen 7 Ch.8
6. Jonathan Hulls’ Paddle-steamer, 1737 _To face_ 14 Ch.9
7. The Marquis de Jouffroy’s Steamboat, 1783 _To face_ 16 Ch.10
8. John Fitch’s Oared Paddle-boat, 1786 22 Ch.11
9. John Stevens’ _Phœnix_, 1807 _To face_ 28 Ch.12
10. Robert Fulton’s _Clermont_, 1807 37 Ch.13
11. The _Paragon_, built 1811 _To face_ 40 Ch.14
12. The _Philadelphia_, built 1826 _To face_ 44 Ch.15
14. The _William Cutting_, built 1827 _To face_ 48 Ch.16
15. The _Mary Powell_ (Hudson River Day Line) 50 Ch.17
16. The _Hendrick Hudson_ (Hudson River Day Line), 1906 _To face_ 50 Ch.18
17. The _Robert Fulton_ (Hudson River Day Line), 1909 _To face_ 52 Ch.19
19. The _City of Cleveland_ _To face_ 54 Ch.20
20. Patrick Miller’s Triple Boat the _Edinburgh_ _To face_ 56 Ch.21
21. Model of Miller’s Double Boat _To face_ 58 Ch.22
22. The _Charlotte Dundas_: longitudinal section 60 Ch.23
23. Symington’s Original Engine of 1788 _To face_ 60 Ch.24
24. Model of the _Charlotte Dundas_ _To face_ 62 Ch.25
25. The Original Engines of the _Comet_ _To face_ 64 Ch.26
27. The _Industry_, 1814 _To face_ 68 Ch.27
29. The Engine of the _Leven_ _To face_ 70 Ch.28
30. The _Sea-Horse_, about 1826 _To face_ 72 Ch.29
31. The _Monarch_ and _Trident_, convoying the _Royal Ch.30
32. The _Trident_, in which the Queen and Prince Consort Ch.31
33. The _Carron_ _To face_ 84 Ch.32
34. The _Kingfisher_ _To face_ 84 Ch.33
35. The _Fingal_ _To face_ 86 Ch.34
36. The _Lady Wolseley_ _To face_ 86 Ch.35
39. The _Mona’s Isle_ (II.), built 1860, as a paddle Ch.36
40. The _Ellan Vannin_ (the foregoing, altered to a Ch.37
41. The _Majestic_ _To face_ 96 Ch.38
42. The _Lady Roberts_ _To face_ 98 Ch.39
43. The _Augusta_, 1856 100 Ch.40
47. The R.M. Turbine Steamer _Copenhagen_ (G.E. Ch.41
48. The _Scotia_ (L. & N.W. Railway) _To face_ 120 Ch.42
49. The _Savannah_ _To face_ 124 Ch.43
50. The _Rising Star_ 130 Ch.44
51. The _Dieppe_ (L.B. & S.C. Railway) _To face_ 134 Ch.45
52. The _United Kingdom_ _To face_ 134 Ch.46
54. The _Great Western_, from a print of 1837 _To face_ 142 Ch.47
55. The _President_ 146 Ch.48
56. The _British Queen_ _To face_ 146 Ch.49
57. The _Britannia_, 1840 _To face_ 152 Ch.50
58. The _Atlantic_ 156 Ch.51
59. The _Adriatic_ (Collins Line, 1857) _To face_ 160 Ch.52
61. The _Massachusetts_ 171 Ch.53
63. H.M. Troopship _Himalaya_ in Plymouth Sound _To face_ 180 Ch.54
64. H.M. Troopship _Himalaya_ _To face_ 182 Ch.55
65. The _Norman_ (Union-Castle Line, 1894) _To face_ 184 Ch.56
66. Maudslay’s Oscillating Engine _To face_ 200 Ch.57
67. Model of the Engines of the _Leinster_ _To face_ 204 Ch.58
68. The _Pacific_ 205 Ch.59
69. Stevens’ 1804 Engine, showing Twin-screw Propellers _To face_ 208 Ch.60
70. The _Q.E.D._ 211 Ch.61
72. The _John Bowes_, 1906 _To face_ 214 Ch.62
73. The _Novelty_, built 1839 _To face_ 218 Ch.63
75. Engines of the _Great Britain_ _To face_ 224 Ch.64
78. The _City of Rome_ (Inman Line, 1881) _To face_ 242 Ch.65
79. The _City of Chicago_ 244 Ch.66
82. The _Russia_ (Cunard, 1867) _To face_ 246 Ch.67
83. Model of the _City of Paris_, 1866 _To face_ 248 Ch.68
84. The _Oregon_ (Cunard and Guion Lines, 1883) _To face_ 250 Ch.69
85. The _America_ (National Line, 1884) _To face_ 254 Ch.70
86. The _Delta_ leaving Marseilles for the opening of Ch.71
87. The _Thunder_ 265 Ch.72
89. Longitudinal section of the _Great Eastern_ _To face_ 272 Ch.73
90. Caricature of the _Great Eastern_ _To face_ 274 Ch.74
91. Model of the Paddle-engines of the _Great Eastern_ _To face_ 276 Ch.75
92. The _Britannic_ (White Star Line, 1874) _To face_ 280 Ch.76
93. The _Umbria_ and _Etruria_ (Cunard) _To face_ 280 Ch.77
94. The _Mauretania_ (Cunard, 1907) _To face_ 282 Ch.78
95. The _Campania_ (Cunard, 1892) _To face_ 282 Ch.79
96. The _Teutonic_ and _Majestic_ (White Star Line, Ch.80
97. The _Olympic_ (White Star Line, 1910) _To face_ 288 Ch.81
98. The _Olympic_ building, October 18, 1909 _To face_ 290 Ch.82
99. The _St. Louis_ (American Line) _To face_ 294 Ch.83
100. The _Morea_ (P. & O. Line) _To face_ 294 Ch.84
101. The _Assiniboine_ (Canadian Pacific Railway Co.) _To face_ 300 Ch.85
103. The _Kaiser Wilhelm II._ (Norddeutscher Lloyd) _To face_ 304 Ch.86
104. The _Turbinia_ _To face_ 308 Ch.87
105. The _Otaki_ (New Zealand Shipping Co.) _To face_ 310 Ch.88
106. H.M.S. _Waterwitch_, armoured gunboat 321 Ch.89
107. H.M.S. _Minotaur_ _To face_ 326 Ch.90
116. H.M.S. _Invincible_, armoured cruiser _To face_ 336 Ch.91
117. The _Minas Geraes_, Brazilian battleship _To face_ 336 Ch.92
119. The _San Francisco_, U.S. Navy _To face_ 340 Ch.93
120. The _Monitoria_ _To face_ 348 Ch.94
121. The _Iroquois_ and _Navahoe_ _To face_ 348 Ch.95
122. The _Monitoria_, transverse section 350 Ch.96
123. The old Floating Dock at Rotherhithe, _circa_ 1800 _To face_ 354 Ch.97
124. Model of the Bermuda Dock _To face_ 356 Ch.98
128. The Cartagena Dock _To face_ 362 Ch.99
129. The _Baikal_ _To face_ 362 Ch.100
130. The _Drottning Victoria_ _To face_ 366 Ch.101
131. The _Ermack_ _To face_ 370 Ch.102
132. The _Earl Grey_ _To face_ 370 Ch.103
134. The Imperial Yacht _Hohenzollern_ _To face_ 372 Ch.104
135. The Evolution of Floating Docks, 1800-1910 389 Ch.105
CHAPTER I Ch.106
CHAPTER II Ch.107
1787. The great success and useful character of Rumsay’s steamboat were Ch.108
1787. A still larger boat followed in 1788, and another in 1790. The Ch.109
introduction of the latter has come also their greatest development Ch.110
CHAPTER III Ch.111
CHAPTER IV Ch.112
1894. Her last appearance was at the same review. She was lengthened Ch.113
CHAPTER V Ch.114
1822. But Lord Cochrane’s work was practically over and she was Ch.115
28. She took no goods, as she was intended to be a passenger steamer Ch.116
31. Off Southend she was discovered to be on fire, and the heat and Ch.117
1841. No trace of her has been found from that day to this. Ch.118
CHAPTER VI Ch.119
2402. Her engines developed 3250 horse-power and gave her an average Ch.120
CHAPTER VII Ch.121
1842. He nevertheless served in the Mexican War and then commanded the Ch.122
1839. Its charter has been revised and extended from time to time, one Ch.123
CHAPTER VIII Ch.124
5. Twin screws. Ch.125
CHAPTER IX Ch.126
1062. The engines were of 210 nominal horse-power with cylinders of 55 Ch.127
CHAPTER X Ch.128
13. In equipment, too, she was regarded as the last possible word in Ch.129
1889. These two steamers marked one of those epochs of complete Ch.130
CHAPTER XI Ch.131
CHAPTER XII Ch.132
introduction of screw propellers, 97; introduction of iron, 191; Ch.133