Biography of William Symington, Civil Engineer: Inventor of Steam Locomotion by Sea and Land. Also, a Brief History of Steam NavigationA. Johnston, 1862 - 82 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 49 - The subscriber, having at much expense fitted up a handsome vessel to ply upon the river Clyde between Glasgow and Greenock — to sail by the power of wind, air and steam, he intends that the vessel shall leave the Broomielaw on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, about mid-day, or at such hour thereafter as may answer from the state of the tide ; and to leave Greenock on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, in the morning, to suit the tide.
الصفحة 49 - Greenock — to sail by the power of wind, air, and steam — he intends that the vessel shall leave the Broomielaw on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, about mid-day, or at such hour thereafter as may answer from the state of the tide ; and to leave Greenock on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, in the morning, to suit the tide. The elegance...
الصفحة 7 - No. 16, it was visited by a stranger, who requested to see the boat worked. " That the said William Symington desired the deponent to light the furnace, which was done, and the stranger was carried about four miles along the canal, and brought back. That this stranger made...
الصفحة 48 - ... on the Forth and Clyde canal, were considered so strong, that doubts were generally entertained as to the success of the system anywhere but in large rivers, such as those of America. In 1812, however, Henry Bell, of Glasgow, who was well acquainted with, and had deeply considered all that had been done by Symington, determined to try once more whether the invention could not be applied on the Clyde ; he accordingly caused a small boat of 25 tons burthen to be built at Port Glasgow, by John Wood,...
الصفحة 49 - The elegance, comfort, safety, and speed of this vessel require only to be proved to meet the approbation of the Public, and the Proprietor is determined to do everything in his power to merit public encouragement. " The terms are for the present fixed at 4s. for the best cabin and 3s.
الصفحة 57 - World within a few days' sail of the Old. On her return she left New York on the 7th May and reached Bristol on the 23rd, with 70 passengers ; performing the voyage in fifteen days. The success of this voyage across the Atlantic having exceeded the most sanguine expectations of its promoters, and indeed of the whole world, there seemed no bounds to the extension of steam navigation ; other companies were projected and numerous larger and more powerful vessels were designed, in equal confidence of...
الصفحة 51 - HP by Cook of Glasgow, made a voyage from Glasgow to Dublin, and round the Land's End to London ; it then ran between London and Margate with passengers with considerable success, and this led to others being established in various places ; the Scotch boat serving as a model. In 1816, Maudslay made a pair of combined engines, each...
الصفحة 16 - Jint person who had the merit of successfullyapplying the power of the steam-engine to tlie propulsion of vessels. It is much to be regretted that there existed not enterprise enough, at that time in Scotland, to encourage the ingenious artisan to repeat his experiments on the Clyde. Ail the subsequent improvements, however, in steam navigation, may be fairly traced to Mr. Symington's attempt ; and we cannot help thinking he has a strong claim on the national gratitude.
الصفحة 28 - attended the University of Edinburgh for several years ; that the classes selected by him were anatomy, surgery, and chemistry ; and that he prosecuted his studies with much assiduity and success; for at the end of his course he was prepared to enter either upon the profession of medicine or divinity.
الصفحة 49 - Comet" will receive information of the hours of sailing, by applying at Mr.