Excerpt from The Illinois School Journal, Normal, Illinois, 1885-6, Vol. 5 Fitch experimented in steam navigation on the Delaware river in 1733 - 4. Oliver Evans was the next experimenter in Virginia in steam navigation in 17 85 - 6. Ramsey was also an experimenter in Vir ginia in steam navigation in 1787. W. Symington made a trial on the Frith of Clyde with a rudely constructed model of a steamer in 1789. Chancellor Livingston built a steamer on the Hudson in 1797. The first experiment in steamboating on the Thames, England, was in 1801. Fulton built the The North River, and made a passage up the Hudson river to Albany, from New York, in thirty-three hours - the first steam navigation on record. The engines were constructed by Boulton Watts. The voyage was made in 1807. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.