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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 57

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which were pro-posed to be worked by horse-power. Thename of BlascoGaray has often been men-tioned as the first who ap-plied the power of steam to the driving of paddle-boats ;but for this there is not the slightest foundation. M. Ber-genroth informs us that he has carefully examined allthe… … ANCIENT PADDLE-BOAT. M. Bergenroth. says the documentsat Simancas consist of—1. A holo-graph letter of Blasco Garay to theEmperor, dated Malaga, 10th Sept.,1540, containing his report on the trialtrip of one of his paddle-wheel ships; 2. 1he report of the Captain AntonioDestigarura on the same…

Boulton, Matthew, 1728-1809 · Watt, James, 1736-1819 · Steam-engines

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