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ed upon the Hudson the double-engine, large steamer North American, which accomplished the distance between New York and Albany in about nine hours. In 1834, Mr. Stevens established the Camden ferry line in connection with the Camden and Amboy Railway, and subsequently invented the present usual system of connections between pisand cranks, and also the division of the paddle-board into portions arranged like steps, so as to prevent too great jar on the water. The machinery and boat of Stevens screw-propeller is shown in Fig. 4747, page 2071. The machinery is still preserved in the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N. J.; in 1844 it was again for the Messrs. Stevens of Hoboken that they were the originators of many, if not most, of the improvements in modern naval warfare. He claims that the Messrs. Stevens, father and son, either originated, or first developed, the following important features of modern naval warfare: Twin screw, 1805; armor plating, 1812: inclined