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HENRY BELL (1767-1830)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 685 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HENRY See also:BELL (1767-1830)  , Scottish engineer, was See also:born at Torphichen, See also:Linlithgowshire, in 1767 . Having received the See also:ordinary See also:education of a See also:parish school, he was apprenticed to his See also:uncle, a millwright, and, after qualifying himself as a See also:ship-modeller at Bo'ness, went to See also:London, where he found employment under See also:John See also:Rennie, the celebrated engineer . Re-turning to See also:Scotland in 1790, he first settled as a See also:carpenter at See also:Glasgow and afterwards removed to See also:Helensburgh, on the See also:Firth of See also:Clyde where he pursued his See also:mechanical projects, and also found occasional employment as an engineer . In See also:January 1812 he placed on the Clyde a steamboat (which he named the " See also:Comet ") of about 25 tons, propelled by an See also:engine of three See also:horse See also:power, at a See also:speed of 7 M. an See also:hour . Although the See also:honour of priority is admitted to belong to the See also:American engineer See also:Robert See also:Fulton, there appears to be no doubt that Fulton had received very material assistance in the construction of his See also:vessel from See also:Bell and others in See also:Great See also:Britain . A handsome sum was raised for Bell by subscription among the citizens of Glasgow; and he also received from the trustees of the See also:river Clyde a See also:pension of £See also:loo a See also:year . He died at Helens See also:burgh on the 14th of See also:November 1830 . A See also:monument to his memory stands on the See also:banks of the Clyde,.at Dunglass, near See also:Bowling .

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