Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the original Soho mss. Comprising also a history of the invention and introduction of the steam engine (1865)
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 · Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott and company; · leaf 470
at was accordingly bnilt for the purpose of theexperiment, and named the Charlotte Dundas, afterhis Lordships daughter. For this vessel Symingtoncontrived a steam-engine of a greatly improved cha-racter. It was a direct-acting engine, the steam actingon each side of the piston, after the method… … MACHINERY OF THE ■ CHARLOTTE DUNDAS. The first trial of the vessel was perfectly satisfactory.After making a trip to Glasgow, she was employed intowing vessels along the canal. She was also occa-sionally sent down the Frith to bring up ships detainedby contrary winds to the canal entrance at…
