Show conlen Conden condensed teci history of steam about years BC nc hero nero of alexandria formed a toy which exhibited some of the powers of steam steaba and was moved by its power AD PD Anthe mius an architect arranged several cauldrons caul drons of water each bovere covered d with the wide bottom of a leathern tube which rose to a narrow top with pipes extending to the rafters of the adjoining building A fire was kindled beneath the cauldrons caul drons and the house was shaken by the efforts of the steam ascending the tubes this is the first notice of the power of steam recorded in 1843 june 17 blasco de garay tried a steamboat of ton tolerable success at barcelona spain it consisted of a caul dron of boiling water and a movable wheel on each side bide of le the ship it was laid aside as impracticable the first idea of 0 a steam en enina engine ine ina in en england P land was in the marquis of Worce Illi history story of inventions AD 1663 w in ulo uio made the first steam en gine in england in 17 patents were granted to savery for the first application Kp of the steam engine in 1636 Jonathan hulls first set forth the idea of steam navigation in 1704 1764 james watt made the first perfect steam engine in ulland miland mi lin land in 1778 thomas kine wine paine first proposed this application in america in 1781 marquis jouffroy constructed one ou on the saone caone in 1785 two americans published a work on it in 1789 william lyming made a voyage in one on the forth and clyde canal in 1802 this experiment was repel repeated ted in 1782 ramsey propelled a boat by steam at new york in 1783 John Fitch of philadelphia navigated a boat by a steam eri erl engine ine lne on the delaware in 1763 3 robert fulton first began to apply his attention to steam in 1793 oliver evans a native of philadelphia contracted a locomotive steam en engine n ine lne to travel on a turnpike road the first steam vessel that ever crossed the atlantic was wad the savannah injune injure 1819 from charleston to liverpool the above condensed history of the disco discovery of steam power is an item of news which j in all probability there is not another man in all georgia at this time who feels as much interest in this notice of it arwe as we do and particularly in relation to the last paragraph our reasons for feeling thus deeply interested aret ares as follows jn la the of theT lade merchandising izing in W washington wilkes county ga the of our birth and ind in the latter part of may in that we we had gone down to savannah to lay in our summer stock of goods and while there the steamship savannah Sav savannah annaf annai came paddling u up the river and anchored at bolbol wharf this this thia was previous to her leaving for liverpool A steamship I 1 at that time was considered the wonder of the world and by the time she was moored to the wharf the exchange i platforms were crowded with spectators when wh en the ca captain tain threw out his plank and politely invited i n eiten some tenor ten or a dozen gentlemen who were wire were standing near to go on board and then down into his cabin and take a glass of old with him well we were one of that number and in our awen ty eighth year ob odi age weighing about one ariy aril hundred and eighty pounds and as hardy as a buck and could stand a bumper about as well as the next man well the cabin seemed to be a solid vi piece of the highest polished mahogany hoga ny furn furniture t u ele ere e we ha had ever seen at that time and everything about the ship looked to be done up brown and ad that wo we had a gailey time of it that evening none need doubt independent blade |