Excerpt from A Chronological History of the Origin and Development of Steam Navigation Those N otes, revised and chronologically arranged, With many addi tions, are the substance of this volume, which is believed to contain more facts relating to the progress of steam navigation over the world than have ever been gathered together in one book. The large share Which is shown that Americans have had in the invention of the steam boat Will be gratifying to my' countrymen. 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.