with a complete history of their progress, from the conception of the original idea, to the conclusion of the elaborate experiments which determined the exact form and mode of construction ultimately adopted

comprising the works of the following eminent engineers and naval architects: William Fairbairn, George Forrester, John Hague, Oliver Lang, John Laird, John Miller, W. Pitcher, William Pole, Messrs. Scott, Sinclair and Co., C. E. Greenock, John Seaward, William Symonds &c...