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"Take it all in all, a ship of the line is the most honourable thing that man, as a gregarious animal, has ever produced.... Into that he has put as much of his human patience, common sense, forethought, experimental philosophy, self-control, habits of order and obedience, thoroughly wrought hand-work, defiance of brute elements, careless courage, careful patriotism, and calm expectation of the judgment of God, as can well be put into a space of 300 feet long by 80 feet broad."--RUSKIN.
OFFICES OF "ENGINEERING," 35 and 36, BEDFORD STREET, W.C.
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
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
Table VI. General Particulars of Principal Steam Yachts Built by Scotts' Company 69
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
H.M.S. "Argyll" (Plate I.) _Frontispiece_
Portraits of William Scott (born 1722, died 1769); John Scott (born 1752, died 1837); William Scott, his Brother (born 1765); and Charles Cuningham Scott (born 1794, died 1875) (Plate II.) _Adjoining page_ 1
John Scott, C.B. (born 1830, died 1903); Robert Sinclair Scott (born 1843, died 1905); Charles Cuningham Scott (the present Chairman); Robert Lyons Scott (Plate III.) _Adjoining page_ 1
THE ERA OF THE SAILING SHIP. (PAGES 1 TO 14.)
The Beginnings (Plate IV.) _Facing page_ 2
Greenock and Scotts' Yard in the Eighteenth Century (Plate V.) _Facing page_ 4
The "Lord of the Isles" (Plate VI.) _Facing page_ 10
The "Archibald Russell" (Plate VII.) " " 12
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STEAMSHIP. (PAGES 15 TO 42.)