The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-23

necea8ary 10 say mat " was no eteamskr-
thst he invented. His achievement rsa..y
was TO supply his ships with paddle whss,.
which were worked in the case ~ tho
smaller ships by twenty five men AMI .
the larger by forty men. He made tnr...
and half miles an hour. but IN. I.u,, ..
was not tirele-s and he did not 20 y.-,
far.
II We look into the facts regarding stear,
invocation We find that this also - not
modern a. - popularity SUPPOSED H.r.
OF Alexandria 90 long ago a. lS q
described an apparatus which cause
ball tn dance upon a jet Of steam. lrn
another in which q hollow ball was ma.
20 revolve by the escape OF steam Throw.
q pipe with which IL was fitted W..
was known about steam in Hero's day w..
perhaps forgotten; at all events We do n
hear much IL anything about steam aga
until the seventeenth century. when w.
find ourselves regarding the rsmArkan.e
achievements ~ Denis Papin. a Frsnct,
Calvinist who was driven into German
upon tho revocation Of the Edict Of Nants-
Papin in 1890 had made an atmospher1c
engine. and in 1907 -he actually constructed
the first steamboat. which he successfully
navigated on the River Fulda in Han
over
II must have been something Of boat
We read: He even did 90 we'll tina, n.
set OF in her to steam down "a the sea
and cross 90 London; but OF course Oh.
old conservative prejudice Of the local
boatmen was bound 20 make its APPEAR
ance a. soon a. 10 historical q craft had
shown her ability. And so. arriving
at M0nden. the watermen. eithsr through
fear that this new self-propelling Graf,
would take away thsir livelihood through
fresh era or being snviou.
OF success which no man had ever before
obtained, they attacked this steamboat
smashed it TO pieces. and Papin bimself
barely escaped with his life. Thus
craft and its engines which to-day would
lie welcomed by any museum in the world
was annihilatsd by the men who had N.
privilege OF witnessing the first steamship
Papin never got over the grief caused hv
90 cruel a reception OF his brilliant labors
and IL 10 deplorable to think that sich
scant encouragement was possible r..
sides being the successful originator 9th.
steamboat he was also the inventor q,
the safety valve. The publication q,
Papin's correspondence with IeibnIt,
puts the case beyond all possibility o,
doubt
ihe book describes the Achievements
Ut hufnsey, fitch and Fulton. BEFORE
the 'lermont was built Fulton had spent
long time IN England and France. he
had "Hperimented on the Seine. Napo-
leon appointed a commission to consider
ms steamboat. and the commission ad.
Vi-ed against ~ In 1888 Fulton had
boat living in the Seine all ready FOR it,
trial trip. On the morning Of the day
Tor the trial the inventor was at brss.ktas
when a messenger burst in upon him and
-Vclsimed Please. sir. the boat "a.
broken in two and gone Ia the bottorn'-
! he -t"ry says here: As soon az the hear
breaking news was delivered TO hun 10
rushed on 10 the Seine and found thai N.
Intelligence was all too tr'ie. For the
next twenty-touT hours he lRbored assldu.
ously, not stopping for food or rest. ignur.
ing the chilly waters 81 the river. until hs
precious craft was raised from its watery
bed. Fulton never recovered entirely
''"in the"~ ''hVs'caI trials Following ="
'u'y yn h's years OF 'nentai WORK and
w. az" ms 'uhsr were anected Tor IN"
NJ nc NV ~h"t ne ulu recover.
"'," "a" uount was NOR"
"' w
'N,, "'nsIy ana mann fragments ~ IN"
,ull. ire gaze Oh tne night before mad
- " wa" 49, ~" ship, " bAd
"I" 70 Nio" 'or one dir1c'ltv
80 n- nSu o'e'Io"Heu' ana was well
"H- "aPp.". mus instead OF later
~ -" 'oHs W ne might nave preju-
49, '"e 'D'nk Oh .he sVeamonat even
SUI ine lesson 80 htteT,
'4,, N"S 'nA' ne hAa not made HE
Iu' rs e""usn Tor 'he weight OF IN"
'" r.,.
u''o" "u'. stronger ooat' and TN.
run oh 'ne "eIhe IN August' lsp.
~ y" ho"' anu hA'i said an account
! 'ne ''he' ne produced the curious
=" o"'t moved ny wheels liA"
ChArOt' these wheels being prov'd~t
NNn 'SduieS or nat pilates and heinE
moved Nv nre engine Tho spe-i ~
ne o'H' was 'hree ana quarter mules
"a holr, Inc nrst run OF the CleTrnont mn
ne nuuroh I"ur years later "a> mad"
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