Eminent engineers; brief biographies of thirty-two of the inventors and engineers who did most to further mechanical progress (1906)
Goddard, Dwight, 1861-1939 · New York, The Derry-Collard company · leaf 188
n-horse power,lying horizontal on the deck. The piston rod was guidedby rollers and was connected directly to the paddle-wheel shaft by a crank and connecting rod, exactly theway that has been universally followed since. The engine was fitted to a tugboat called the Char-lotte Dundas, 56 feet long,… … Designed and built by William Symington The original of this •zvas a paintingby Alexander Naimyth, ivboivas one of the guests on itstrial trip. He ivas the fatherof James Nasmyth^ the invenor of the steam hammer. 1 S(> Symington. ran from Lock 20 to Port Dundas, igy^ miles, in sixhours. It was…
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