_Edmund Moran_, the, 237 _Elbe_, the, 174 Elder & Co., John, 160, 274 Electric light, first use of on liners, 155 Electricity, modern service of, 305 _Elizabeth_, the, 86 Ellerman Line, 216 _Emperor of Russia_, the, 86 _Empire_, the, 261 _Empress_, the, 226 _Empress of Britain_, the, 220 English Channel, first steamer crossing, 82 _Enterprise_, the, 94 _Eothen_, the, 269 Ericsson, John, screw propeller of, 119 _Etruria_, the, 158–9, 161, 165, 212, 235 _Europa_, the, 212–3 Experimental tank, naval architectural, 318; national at Bushey, 319; at Clydebank Works, 319; Norddeutscher Lloyd, 320; Italian, 320 _Express_, the, 225 _Fairy_, H.M.S., 210 _Falcon_, the, 94 Fall River Line, the, 262, 304 Falmouth as mail port, 111 _Faraday_, the, 243 Field, Joshua, 101 Fire, methods of extinguishing, 304; causes of, 325; extinguishers, 325 _Fire Fly_ (1812), 76 _Fire King_, the, 268 _Fire Queens_, the, 268 Fishguard, dredging at, 239 Fish-tanks on liners, 326 Fitch, John, association with Rumsey, 44; first steamboat, 44–5; dispute with Fulton, 46 Flush-decked steamship, 137, 283 Fly-wheel, invention by Watt, 38 _Forth_, the, 111 _Francis B. Ogden_, the, 119 _Francis Smith_, the, 120, 123 _Franconia_, the, 212 Fulton, Robert, centenary, 7; and Desblanc, 8; and Rumsey, 44; _versus_ Fitch, 46; birth: visit to France: “plunging-boat”: association with Livingston, 48–9; experiments in Paris, 49; loss of first boat, 52; second boat, 54; the _Clermont_, 60; building of _Clermont_, 63; experiments on paddle-resistance, 65; construction of _Clermont_, 69; first voyage of _Clermont_, 70; betrothal, 71; death, 76; Bell’s association with, 78; schemes for India and Russia, 85; experiments with model, 120, 259, 261 Galloway, Elijah, 101 _Gamecock_, the, 235 General Steam Navigation Co., founding of, 93, 216, 223, 224 _George Washington_, the, 208, 213, 289, 301 _Georgic_, the, 219 German ship-building, growth of, 173 _Germanic_, the, 154 Girard, Capt. G. B., 235 Glass, use of for sidelights, 153 _Glowworm_, the, 268 “Grasshopper” engine, 79 _Great Britain_, the, 123, 124, 135, 138 _Great Eastern_, the, building of, 138; launch of, 140; engines of, 141; speed of, 142; construction of, 143; comparison with modern ships, 144, 157, 173, 176, 179, 180, 192, 196, 242, 288 Great Eastern Railway, boats of, 229 Great Lake steamers, 264 _Great Western_, the, 97, 99, 100, 102, 103, 105, 106, 123, 138, 148 Great Western Railway, steamers of, 98, 123; Channel service of, 228; passenger tender, 238 Griffiths, Robert, 210 “Guards” of American paddle-boats, 261, 264 Guericke, Otto von, discovery of vacuum, 20 Guest, Montague: “History of Royal Yacht Squadron,” 267