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Savannah may have felt that lofty light sails, which could be used ouly in moderate 

 winds, would not be necessary on a ship having steam as an auxiliary motive power, 

 and that her stern was round is by no means impossible. Therefore, not having 

 any authority for changing these details, they have been represented as in the orig- 

 inal lithograph; the relative positions of the masts, smokestack, and wheels are also 

 retained. 



In all details of hull and rig, with the exception of those mentioned, the effort has 

 been to produce a ship of the period when the Savannah was built, and special atten- 

 tion has been given to the details of sails and rigging, points iu which all illustra- 

 tions of this ship, previously extant, were markedly erroneous and unsatisfactory. 



The ship is represented close hauled ou the starboard tack, in a fresh breeze, with 

 her paddle-wheels in motion. She is rising on the slope of an Atlantic swell, leaning 

 well over to the breeze, while the yeastly wave curling away from her bow, and 

 sweeping in foam along her sides, indicates that she is moving at a good speed. The 

 fore-topgallant sail has jusfcbeen clewed up and two seamen are seen climbing the 

 rigging to furl the canvas, while in the distance another ship is in sight, running 

 before the wind with square yards. 



It is to be regretted that no drawings or detailed description of the 

 engines, machinery, or wheels are to be found. 



In collecting the data* for this report I have been greatly aided by 

 Mrs. Delia Rogers Seely, wife of Col. F. A. Seely, examiner in the U. S. 

 Patent Office, who is a grand-daughter of Capt. Moses Rogers, the 

 commander of the Savannah. 



* For this compilation, in addition to a number of clippings from newspapers of the 

 day, which had been carefully preserved in the last pages of the log book by the de- 

 scendants of Captain Rogers, the following authorities have been consulted: 



Chronological History of the Origin and Development of Steam Navigation. George 

 Henry Preble, U. S. Navy, Philadelphia, Hamersley & Co. 1883. 



A History of Naval Architecture. John Finchman, London. Whittaker & Co. 

 1851. 



The Mechanic's Magazine to 1853. 



Loudon Athseneum. 



A Description and Draft of a new Invented Machine for Carrying Vessels or Ships 

 out of or into any Harbor, Port, or River, against Wind and Tide, or in a Calm, etc. 

 By Jonathan Hulls, London, printed for the author, 1737. (Reprint by Spon, 1873.) 



A short Treatise on the Application of Steam whereby is clearly shown from Actual 

 Experiments that Steam may be Applied to Propel Boats or Vessels. By James Ram- 

 sey, of Berkley County, Virginia. Philadelphia. Joseph James, 1788. 



The Original Steamboat Supported, or a Reply to James Rumsey's Pamphlet, show- 

 ing the true Priority of John Fitch aud the false datings of James Rniusey. Phila- 

 delphia. Zachariah Poulson, jr. 1788. 



The Log Book of the Savannah. H. Carrington Bolton. Harper's Magazine, Feb- 

 ruary, 1877. 



Early Atlantic Steam Navigation and the Cruise of the Savannah. Eustace B. 

 Rogers, U. S. Navy, Ballou's Magazine, February, 1883. 



Ocean Steamers, by Thomas Dykes, Fornightly Review, May, 1886. 



The Development of the Steamship, Commander F. E. Chadwick, U. S. Navy, 

 Scribner's Magazine, May, 1887. 



Early Clyde Built Steamers. Paper by W. J. Millar, c. e., Transactions of In- 

 stitution of Engineers and Ship Builders in Scotland. 1880. 



The History of Paddle Wheel Steam Navigation, Henry Sandham. Proceedings 

 Institution Mechanical Engineers, March, 1885. 



