History of Propellers and Steam Navigation

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Dr. Papin, a Frenchman, Captain Savery, and the Marquis of Worcester, preposed to propel vessels by steam power ap~ plied in some way to paddles, but the testimony which is left to posterity of their contrivances fo...