A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 283
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 … Fio. 81.—Engine of the Clermont, 1808. experimenter from the field of his labors before successwas permanently insured. The engine of the Clermont (Fig. 81) was of rather pe- STEAM-NAVIGATION. 259 euliar form, the piston, E, being coupled to the crank-shaft,0, by a bell-crank, ISP, and a…
Steam-engines
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