Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 527
ons, was able to makethe trip from Quebec to Graves-end on the Thames only bystopping for coal at Pictou,Nova Scotia, and Cowes nearPortsmouth, England. The first steamships to crossthe ocean without recoalingwere the Sirius and Great West-ern, which arrived in New Yorkthe same day, April 23,… … ROBERT FUr.TON. hundred tons, created a great impressionEnquirer said, in its issue of April 24, 1838 : — What may be the ultimate fate of this excitement — whether or not theexpense of equipment and fuel will admit of the employment of these ves-sels in the ordinary packet service — we cannot…
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