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Symington's Steamboat

1801 all, it was not till after the opening of the 19th century that steam navigation started into actual life. In 1801 Symington designed a boat for towing, which attained a speed of 3½ miles an hour. In 1807 Robert Fulton, an American, in conjunction with one Robert R. Living- THE GREAT EASTERN ston, built the "Clermont" and established a regular packet service between New York and Albany. tube forces up the mercury in proportion to the amount of pressure.