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

2 by R. A. Fletcher, Fletcher, R. A., Dixon, Charles, 1872-1934

Chapter 4: 1. The _William Fawcett_, the first P. & O. Steam-ship;

Chapters

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

Chapter 4: 1. The _William Fawcett_, the first P. & O. Steam-ship;

with a Bomb Ketch and H.M.S. _St. Vincent_. [_To face title-page_ From a painting by Charles Dixon; by kind permission of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co.

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