John Stevens and His Sons, Early American Engineers (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from John Stevens and His Sons, Early American EngineersDuring the time when his sons were being educated, Colonel Stevens resided in the Summer at Castle Point, Hoboken, and they were obliged to cross the Hudson to school and college by sail or row boats, then the only means of transit. This early experience on the water added to and directed the interest they took in after life in the improvement in steam navigation, and it also led to their becoming devoted yachtmen. Edwin was in his boyhood, when his brother Robert made his early improve ments in steam navigation, but after he grew up he greatly assisted his brother. The most notable of his individual improvements was the air tight fire room, patented by him April, 1842, (no. And now in use in all the navies of the world.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.