A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine

by Robert Henry Thurston

[60] [Scientific American, February 24, 1877].

[61] “Les Merveilles de la Science.”

[62] “Some New Enquiries tending to the Improvement of Navigation.” London, 1760.

[63] Lancaster Daily Express, December 10, 1872. This account is collated from various manuscripts and letters in the possession of the author.

[64] Bowen’s “Sketches,” p. 56.

[65] Some of West’s portraits, including those of Mr. and Mrs. Henry, were lately in the possession of Mr. John Jordan, of Philadelphia.

[66] Figuier.

[67] “Life of John Fitch,” Westcott.

[68] Rivington’s Gazette, February 16, 1775.

[69] Providence Journal, May 7, 1874. Coll., N. H. Antiquar. Soc., No. 1; “Who invented the Steamboat?” William A. Mowry, 1874.