Transcriber's Note: Apparent typographical errors have been corrected. Archaic and inconsistent spelling and hyphenation have been preserved. [Illustration: Flag] TWO CENTURIES OF SHIPBUILDING [Illustration: _H. M. S. Argyll._] TWO CENTURIES OF SHIPBUILDING BY THE SCOTTS AT GREENOCK. [Illustration: decoration] [_Partly Reprinted from "Engineering."_] [Illustration: decoration] "Take it all in all, a ship of the line is the most honourable thing that man, as a gregarious animal, has ever produced.... Into that he has put as much of his human patience, common sense, forethought, experimental philosophy, self-control, habits of order and obedience, thoroughly wrought hand-work, defiance of brute elements, careless courage, careful patriotism, and calm expectation of the judgment of God, as can well be put into a space of 300 feet long by 80 feet broad."--RUSKIN. [Illustration: sailing ship] LONDON: OFFICES OF "ENGINEERING," 35 and 36, BEDFORD STREET, W.C. 1906. Contents. [Illustration: decoration] PAGE PERSONALIA xi THE ERA OF THE SAILING SHIP 1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STEAMSHIP 15 Table I. Epoch-Marking Steamers built by the Scotts, 1819 to 1841 31 Table II. Progress in the Economy of the Marine Engine, 1872 to 1901 41 A CENTURY'S WORK FOR THE NAVY 43 Table III. Progressive Types of Warship Machinery, and their Economy, 1840 to 1905 53 Table IV. Particulars of the Successive Large Naval Guns, 1800 to 1905 56 Table V. Size and Fighting Qualities of British Battleships of Different Periods, 1861 to 1905 59 YACHTING AND YACHTS 63 Table VI. General Particulars of Principal Steam Yachts Built by Scotts' Company 69 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 73 Numbers of British and Foreign, and of Oversea and Channel, Steamers, of over 16 knots speed 75 Table VII. Records of Coal Consumption of Steamship "Narragansett" 79 EFFICIENCY: DESIGN: ADMINISTRATION 88 THE SHIPBUILDING YARD 94 THE ENGINE AND BOILER WORKS 106 List of Illustrations. [Illustration: decoration] PAGE