A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 273
tter before the Duke of Bridgewater, who gaveSymmington an order for eight boats like the CharlotteDundas, to be used on his canal. The death of the Duke,however, prevented the contract from being carried intoeffect, and Symmington again gave up the project in de-spair. A quarter of a century… … Fig. 76.—The Comet, 1812. Among those who saw the Charlotte Dundas, and whoappreciated the importance of the success achieved by Sym-mington, was Hbnet Bell, who, 10 years afterward, con-structed the Comet (Fig. 76), the first passenger-vessel built STEAM-NAVIGATION. 249 in Europe. This vessel was…
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