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' Warrior ' composed ? Of iron. And how is that 

 iron ore extracted from the stone in which it is 

 lodged ? By the action of Fire. How is the Steam 

 generated, which is her moving force? By the 

 action of Fire upon Water. The element of Fire is 

 one of the primitive constituent parts of the material 

 world; but the power of kindling, managing, 

 directing and extinguishing fire, is an effort of 

 human reason and invention. No animal we ever 

 heard of ever lighted a fire or cooked its own 

 dinner. The use of Fire was essential to the 

 construction of the ' Warrior,' and when was Fire 

 first employed by Man ? We cannot answer that 

 question. 



In all that vast floating mass there is scarcely the 

 smallest portion in the state Nature has produced. 

 The raw material she has furnished has been so 

 changed, moulded, and combined with other sub- 

 stances, by the various arts of Man's ingenuity, as 

 scarcely to be recognised in its original condition. 

 Human heads have planned, human hands have 

 executed, all the parts of that great machine. The 

 latest inventions of mechanical sciences the Steam 

 Engine and the Screw Propeller contribute their 

 aid to give her velocity. When she is launched, 



