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Steam-ships : The story of their development to the present day by R. A. Fletcher
55. The _President_ 146

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

55. The _President_ 146

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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;

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