Excerpt from Steam Navigation, Its Rise and Progress: With Authentic Tables of the Extent of the Steam Marine of All Parts of the Globe, Contrasted With the Steam Power of the British Empire; Imperfections of the Present System of Steam Navigation, and Symington's Inventions Awarding, at page 70, the merit of the first Steam Engine erected in England, to the Marquess of Worcester. My authority for this novel statement will be found at page 325 of the Travels of Cosmo the Third, in Great Britain, in the reign of Charles the Second, in 1669, not 1653, as stated. Though I have been puzzled what other machine to understand by it, the description is not sufficiently clear to my mind, to leave no doubt of its being the steam engine. The paddle-wheel here described may be considered an improve ment upon the common wheel for Sea Navigation, yet I certainly give the preference, for such purpose, to Smith's Screw Propeller. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.