Journal of the Franklin Institute; devoted to science and the mechanic arts (1826)
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) · Oxford, Eng. [etc.] Pergamon Press [etc.] · leaf 423
xperiments. 412 creasing in my body, but became gradually wet, and then sunk downagain. [Ibid. First British Experiment in Steam Navigation, Sir,—The accompanying sketch, fig. 1, represents a lateral sec-tion of the original steam-boat, invented by my father, the late Wil-liam Symington, and the… … Description. A A, the two cylinders. B, the boiler. C, steam pipe. D D,paddle wheels, situated and wrought in a trough extending from thestem to the stern of the boat, which trough allowed free ingress andegress to the water. E E, connecting chains. F F, direction pul-lies. G G, ratchet wheels,…
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