Memorials of the lineage, early life, education and development of the genius of James Watt

(285) Illustrated plate - First steam boat, the Comet, built by Henry Bell, 1811

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Histories of Scottish families > Memorials of the lineage, early life, education and development of the genius of James Watt > (285) Illustrated plate - First steam boat, the Comet, built by Henry Bell, 1811

(285) Illustrated plate - First steam boat, the Comet, built by Henry Bell, 1811
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/95172874
Description	'Who brought steam navigation into practice in Europe'. The Comet, first British steamboat.

Form / genre:	Images > Pictures > Illustrations > Book illustrations
Subject / content:	Plates (illustrations)
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Memorials of the lineage, early life, education and development of the genius of James Watt
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Description	By George Williamson. Edited by James Williamson. With plates, including portraits, and facsimiles. [Edinburgh]: Printed for the Watt Club by T. Constable, printer to Her Majesty, 1856.
Shelfmark	Hall.226.a
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record
Attribution and copyright:	The physical item used to create this digital version is out of copyright

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1856 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place published]
Person / organisation:	Watt Club (Greenock, Scotland) [Publisher] Williamson, George, of Greenock [Author] Constable, Thomas, 1812-1881 [Printer] Watt, James, 1736-1819 [Subject of text]
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Histories of Scottish families
Description	A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916.