| PAGE |
| PERSONALIA | [xi] |
| THE ERA OF THE SAILING SHIP | [1] |
| THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STEAMSHIP | [15] |
| Table I. Epoch-Marking Steamers built by the Scotts, 1819 to 1841 | [31] |
| Table II. Progress in the Economy of the Marine Engine, 1872 to 1901 | [41] |
| A CENTURY'S WORK FOR THE NAVY | [43] |
| Table III. Progressive Types of Warship Machinery, and their Economy, 1840 to 1905 | [53] |
| Table IV. Particulars of the Successive Large Naval Guns, 1800 to 1905 | [56] |
| Table V. Size and Fighting Qualities of British Battleships of Different Periods, 1861 to 1905 | [59] |
| YACHTING AND YACHTS | [63] |
| Table VI. General Particulars of Principal Steam Yachts Built by Scotts' Company | [69] |
| THE TWENTIETH CENTURY | [73] |
| Numbers of British and Foreign, and of Oversea and Channel, Steamers, of over 16 knots speed | [75] |
| Table VII. Records of Coal Consumption of Steamship "Narragansett" | [79] |
| EFFICIENCY: DESIGN: ADMINISTRATION | [88] |
| THE SHIPBUILDING YARD | [94] |
| THE ENGINE AND BOILER WORKS | [106] |
