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time to go into the question of the 

 development of either proposal. Having 

 made such great advances in the con- 

 struction of the stationary engine, Watt 

 was hardly the man to throw cold water 

 on further development. 



It was a pupil of Watt Murdoch 

 who made the first model locomotive 

 in 1784. From this point progress in 

 locomotive practice and marine develop- 

 ment may be said to have kept pace 

 for a period, though, of course, the speed 

 of the ship has never equalled that of 

 the locomotive, though in strict propor- 

 tion it has increased within late years 

 to a far greater extent. 



Having brought ourselves thus far on 

 the two roads of the ship and the steam 

 engine, we are now in a position to see 

 how the latter, applied to the ship, led 

 to the most wonderful revolution on the 

 sea, bridging great wastes of water and 

 making for peace and progress as nothing 

 had done before. 



