LIST OF PLATES. xix 



PLATE EXPLANATION. 



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LXXXIX. to xcn. Patent locomotive engine, made by Messrs. R. Stephenson and 



Co. for the London and Birmingham Railway .... 407 



xciu. Drawings of the Comet, the first steam boat in Europe . . . 470 



xciv. The Pacha's steam vessel of war, the Nile . 471 



xcv., xcvi. The Hon. East India Company's steam vessel Berenice . . ibid 



xcvn. Draught of the Forbes steamer, Chinese rigged .... 473 



xcviu. Herne Bay steam packet Red Rover ..... 474 



xcix. Diamond Company's steam packet Ruby ..... 475 



c. to cm. Her Majesty's steam vessel of war Medea . . . . 477 



civ. to cvn. Construction of the Nile steam ship, built for the Pacha of Egypt . 483 



cvm., cix., ex. His Imperial Majesty's armed steam vessel Colchis . . 492 



cxi., cxi. (A). Engines of the steam ship Tiger ..... 497 



cxn. The Admiralty yacht Firebrand ... . 498 



CXHI. Portrait of the late Mr. Watt ...... 500 



cxiv. Portrait of the late Mr. Tredgold . . . . . ibid 



cxv., cxvu., cxvm. Illustrate the state of steam navigation in America . . ibid 



