Condensed History Of Steam

About two liuudrcil and eighty yeara before Christ, Hier, of Alexaudria, forraed a toy wliich exhibited somo of the powers oí steam, und was inuved by its power. A. D. 450, Arilhemius, an architect, arrangfcu evcral oaldrooi of water, eaoh covci-cd with tho wida buttom of a leather tube, which rose lo a natrow top, wliich pipos extended lo the rafteis of iho adjoiuiog buüüiiig. A firo was kindicd beDaath tho caliirons, and the liousc was shaken by tlie efforta of tho s'eam ... j; .1 . ... i m i i t ascenaiug me tunes, xijis ís tüc ínst iijtice of tbo power of steain rcoorded. ín 154:!, Juuo 17, Blasco D. Garoy tritid a ttcauíbaat of 209 tons, with tolerable tuccess, at Barcelona, Spain. It consisted of a caldron of boiliug water, and a movalilo whesl ou eaoh side of tlie s!ip. It vraslaid aa.dü as impracticable A rcso;;t, bowever, was made to Garny. íu 1G50, tlie first raüroad was constructud at Newcattle-on Tyne. Tiie Gret idea oí a Bteam cugir.c n Englarid whs ii tho Murquia of Win■:'s "Jiisljrv oí' Iuveotions," A. ü. 1CC3. 1 i 710, Ne'.vcoaicn made tlie ñrst steaui engine n Eiiglaud. Iu 171.S, patenta were granteJ to Savory for the first appliualiou of the steam ;ngioe. Iu 17ö-t, James Walt made the first perfect steaiu engiue iu Eagland. la 1736, Jonathan Huik set forth the idea of ploam navigation. In 1778, Thomas Paine íirst proposed ibis application iu Amerisa. ín 1781, Jlanjuis JouíiVoy censtructed oiie iu Saouc. Iu 1785, two Americans published a work on it. Iíi 1789, William T3mington mida a voyage in one on tho Forth of Clydo Canal. In 1802, this experiment was repeated. Iu 1782, Ramscy propellod a boat by steam to New York. Iu 1788, John Fitch,of Philadelphia navigated a boat by a steain eugiuo ou tbü Delaware. Iu 1793. Kobert Fulton first began to apply his atteution to steain" In 1793, Ulivtr Evans, a nativo of Phiiadulphia, coostructud a locooiotive steam engiuo to travel on a turupike road. H;Tüe ñnt stoara ressel that crossed the, Atlantic was the "Savaonah," in the month of June, 1S19, froni Charleston to Liverpool.