A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 283
Augustthe machinery was on board and in successful operation.The hull of this boat was 133 feet long, 18 wide, and 9deep. The boat soon made a trip to Albany, running thedistance of 150 miles in 32 hours running time, and return-ing in 30 hours. The sails were not used on either occasion.… … Fig. 80.—The Clermont, 1807. great honor of having been the first to make steam-naviga-tion an every-day commercial success, and of having thusmade the first application of the steam-engine to ship-pro^pulsion, which was not followed by the retii-ement of the
Steam-engines
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