It would be possible to give other indications of the splendid equipment of the Works, but enough has been said to show that there is directed towards the realisation of the best work in all departments--firstly, the advantages of accumulated experience, carefully collated throughout two hundred years; secondly, the benefits which the psychologists claim for hereditary influence--applicable here not only through the proprietors, but also through many of the workmen; and, thirdly, a sound progressive spirit, which recognises the necessity for continual improvement in administration and design, and in machine tools and methods of manufacture. [Illustration: decoration] FOOTNOTES: [69] For further references to the rate of construction, see _Engineering_, vol. lx., page 813, where it is noted that ten vessels, aggregating 26,000 tons, were built for the China Navigation Company in nine months. [70] See page 22, _ante_. [71] See _Engineering_, vol. lxxx., page 418. PRINTED AT THE BEDFORD PRESS, 20 AND 21, BEDFORDBURY, STRAND, LONDON, W.C. End of Project Gutenberg's Two Centuries of Shipbuilding, by Various