Stevens

Examples

• John Stevens, the most celebrated boat builder and engineer of his day, was actively experimenting in America in the same line. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• John Stevens of New Jersey was also at work on a steamboat, and had in 1804 built such a boat at his shops, having a screw propeller and a flue boiler. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• On the 12th a reconnoissance was thrown out in front of Fort Stevens, to ascertain the enemy's position and force. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• John Stevens constructed a boat on the Hudson, driven by a Watt engine, and having a tubular boiler of his own invention and a twin screw propeller. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Stevens in America and John Ericsson in England had brought forward the screw propeller; and Ericsson was the first to couple the engine to the propeller shaft. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Mr. Stevens introduced many important improvements. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• John Stevens applies twin Screw Propellers in Steam Navigation. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• You remember that terrible murderer, Bert Stevens, who wanted us to get him off in '87? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Stevens, of Hoboken, in the State of New Jersey, was also engaged in a similar undertaking. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Stevens’ son in taking the Ph?nix from New York to Philadelphia, no attempt had been made to cross the ocean until 1819. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Colonel Stevens who succeeded him was badly wounded; and his successor also fell in the same way. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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