BOMBAY: Wheeler's Building, Hornby Road, Fort BRUSSELS: 187 Rue Royal BILBAO: 1 Plaza de Albia CALCUTTA: Clive Building JOHANNESBURG: Consolidated Buildings LIMA: Peru LISBON: 84-86 Rua do Commercio MADRID: Ventura de la Vega MELBOURNE: 9 William Street MEXICO: 22-23 Tiburcio MILAN: 22 Via Principe Umberto MONTREAL: College Street, St. Henry NAPLES: 107 Via Santa Lucia SHANGHAI: 1a Jinkee Road SYDNEY: 427-429 Sussex Street TOKYO: Japan TORONTO: Traders' Bank Building _Representatives and Licensees in_ ADELAIDE, South Australia ATHENS, Greece AUCKLAND, New Zealand BAHIA, Brazil BANGKOK, Siam BARCELONA, Spain BRUNN, Austria BUCHAREST, Roumania BUDAPEST, Hungary BUENOS AYRES, Argentine Rep. CAIRO, Egypt CHILE, Valparaiso, So. America CHRISTIANIA, Norway COLOMBO, Ceylon COPENHAGEN, Denmark ESKILSTUNA, Sweden GIJON, Spain HELSINGFORS, Finland HENGELO, Holland KIMBERLEY, South Africa MOSCOW, Russia PERTH, Western Australia POLAND, Berlin RANGOON, Burma RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil SMYRNA, Asia Minor SOURABAYA, Java ST. PETERSBURG, Russia TAMMERFORS, Finland THE HAGUE, Holland TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS FOR ALL OFFICES EXCEPT BOMBAY AND CALCUTTA: "BABCOCK" FOR BOMBAY AND CALCUTTA: "BOILER" [Illustration: Fonderies et Ateliers de la Courneuve, Chaudières Babcock & Wilcox, Paris, France] FONDERIES ET ATELIERS DE LA COURNEUVE CHAUDIÈRES BABCOCK & WILCOX 6 RUE LAFERRIÈRE, PARIS WORKS: SEINE--LA COURNEUVE _Directors_ EDMOND DUPUIS J. H. R. KEMNAL ETIENNE BESSON IRÉNÉE CHAVANNE CHARLES A. KNIGHT JULES LEMAIRE _Branch Offices_ BORDEAUX: 30 Boulevard Antoine Gautier LILLE: 23 Rue Faidherbe LYON: 28 Quai de la Guillotier MARSEILLE: 21 Cours Devilliers MONTPELLIER: 1 Rue Boussairolles NANCY: 2 Rue de Lorraine ST. ETIENNE: 13 Rue de la Bourse REPRESENTATIVE FOR SWITZERLAND: SPOERRI & CIE, ZURICH TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "BABCOCK-PARIS" [Illustration: Wrought-steel Vertical Header Longitudinal Drum Babcock & Wilcox Boiler, Equipped with Babcock & Wilcox Superheater and Babcock & Wilcox Chain Grate Stoker] THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE GENERATION AND USE OF STEAM