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with the greatest pioneers of modern dis- 

 covery. 



In the days of Charles II., Edward Somerset, 

 Earl of Glamorgan and Marquis of Worcester, 

 invented, and constructed the first steam-engine. 

 His title to this honour has been the subject of 

 dispute, some historians attributing to him a 

 greater share of merit than there was sufficient 

 evidence to warrant, while others deprive him 

 of even that honour to which he possesses an 

 indefeasible claim. Possessing inventive genius 

 of the highest order, he was considered a mad 

 enthusiast, because his speculations were ad- 

 vanced so far before the age in which he lived, 

 and he has been set down as a quack and 

 impostor by men incapable of comprehending 

 the nature or appreciating the value of his 

 creations. 



The slow march of knowledge and of time 

 has at last revealed the worth and established 

 the character of an illustrious and unfortunate 

 man of genius, who only lived to complete 

 his mighty design and carry it happily into 

 effect. Macaulay thus refers to the Marquis of 

 Worcester : — 



" The Marquis had observed the expansive 

 power of moisture rarefied by heat. After many 



