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 64
is fondness for hisown bratt that made him think so, but the favourableopinions of several very judicious persons in town, thatencouraged him to urge his invention for publicadoption. The invention in question consisted of a boat mountedwith two paddle-wheels, one on each side, worked by acapstan… … SECTION OF SAVERYS PADDLE-BOAT. cut will show the nature of the arrangement, whichprobably did not differ much from the scheme of BlascoGaray, above referred to. Savery sayshe was ledto make theinventionthrough the difficulty whichhad been expe-rienced in get-ting ships inmotion so asto place…
