CHAPTER II.
Zeal of the Marchioness of Worcester--Sir Samuel Morland--His pumps and fire-engines--His privations and death--Dr. Dionysius Papin--His digester--Experiments on the power of steam--His steam-engine--Proposed steamboat--Early schemes of paddle-boats--Blasco Garay--Papin’s model engine and boat--Destroyed by boatmen--Papin’s death 27–38