...paddles. " I have reason to believe," he said, "that the power of the steam-engine may be applied to work the wheels, so as to give them a quicker motion, and...favourable, shall be communicated to the public." 1 Mr. Miller subsequently contrived and constructed a double vessel, 60 feet in length, worked by a...

...paddles. "I have reason to believe," he said, "that the power of the steam-engine may be applied to work the wheels, so as to give them a quicker motion, and...favourable, shall be communicated to the public." 1 Mr. Miller subsequently contrived and constructed a double vessel, 60 feet in length, worked by a...

...ships, he said: "I have reason to believe that the power of the steam-engine may be applied to work wheels so as to give them a quicker motion, and consequently...favourable, shall be communicated to the public." During that year Mr. James Taylor, for whom the credit has been claimed of suggesting the application...

...ships, he said : "I have reason to believe that the power of the steam-eugmc may be applied to work wheels so as to give them a quicker motion, and consequently...favourable, shall be communicated to the public." During that year Mr. James Taylor, for whom the credit has been claimed of suggesting the application...

...vessels, he says, " I have reason to believe that the power of the steam-engine may be applied to work the wheels so as to give them a quicker motion, and...consequently to increase that of the ship. In the course of the summer I intend to make the experiment," etc. The same year Millar took out a patent for propelling...

...them a quicker motion, and thus increase that of the ship." In his pamphlet Miller announced that " in the course of this summer I intend to make the experiment." The promise was fulfilled. A^small engine having four cylinders of brass was prepared, under the superintendence...

...distinctly says : " I have also reason to believe that the power of the steam-engine may be applied to work the wheels, so as to give them a quicker motion, and...of this summer I intend to make the experiment,'" &c. A statement was presented to the Royal Society, Dec. 20th, 1787, regarding experiments made by...

...of Wheelx, ioith Explanareason to believe that the power of the steam-engine may be applied to work the wheels, so as to give them a quicker motion, and consequently to increase that of the ship." For the suggestion as to the application of the steam-engine, Mr. Miller was indebted to Mr. James...

...I have reason to believe that the power of the steam engine may be applied to work the wheels. ... In the course of this summer I intend to make the...favourable, shall be communicated to the public.' Accordingly the application of the steam engine as a means of propelling boats subsequently engaged...

...1787, " I have reason to believe that the power of the steam engine may be applied to work the wheels. In the course of this summer I intend to make the...favourable, shall be communicated to the public " — and so followed the experiment on Dalswinton Loch on October 14th, 1788, with the pleasure boat, fitted...