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Aaron Manby American bateaux à vapeur boat boiler Boulton breadth of hull built Charles Charlotte Dundas Claude de Jouffroy Clermont condenser constructed crank deck Denis Papin depth diam draught driven experimental steamboat experiments fitted follows:-Burden French funnel Glasgow invention inventor iron James John Fitch John Stevens Jouffroy d'Abbans later launched length of keel London machine machinery Magazine Marestier Marquis mast Maudslay mean speed Mémoire Messrs miles per hour Molson Montreal Morey Newcomen nominal h.p. October paddle boxes paddle shaft paddle steamer paddle-wheels Papin Paris Périer Philadelphia pioneer piston preserved pressure Principal dimensions proposed pump radial float boards Richard Trevithick Robert Fulton Rumsey sail Salomon de Caus Samuel Morey Science Museum screw propeller Seal Patent Office ships side-levers Spratt steam cylinder steam engine steam navigation steam power steamboat steamboat propulsion stern stroke Symington Thames Thomas tons Trevithick trials United States Patent vessel Watt wheels William York