A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 267
STEAM-ENGINE. that the power of the Steam-Engine may he applied to workthe wheels. In the winter of 1787-88, William Symmington, whohad planned a new form of steam-engine, and made a success-ful working-model, was employed by Mr. Miller to constructan engine for a new boat. This was built; the… … Fig. 72.—Miller, Taylor, and Symmington, 1788. In the year 1789, a large vessel was built, with an enginehaving a steam-cylinder 18 inches in diameter, and this ves-sel was ready for trial in November of that year. On thefirst trial, the -paddle-wheels proved too slight, and brokedown ; they were…
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