Two centuries of shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock (1906)
Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd · London : offices of "Engineering" · leaf 84
r than in many other trades, largely owingto the strong advocacy of the late John Scott, C.B. Up tothat time most of the Yangtsze steamers were propelledby paddle-wheels driven by walking-beam engines. The firstof the twin-screw steamers was built in 1878—a vessel of3051 tons gross—and there has… … a: CO i-l o Thirty Years Progress in Economy. 41 while the nominal horse-power of the propelling machinery-fitted to these vessels is 15,000 horse-power. But having in our brief historical sketch come totimes within the recollection of the reader, it may bemore satisfactory to depart from the…
