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A Life of Henry Bell (1767 ­1830) Pioneer of Steam Navigation

Henry Bell (1767 ­ 1830) was the pioneer of steamship navigation. His famous Comet steamship successfully sailed upstream from Greenock in 1811. This is the first proper biography of the man who introduced the steamship into practical commercial service. Responsible in large measure for the Clyde becoming one of the shipbuilding centres of the world, and the man who opened up the Scottish Highlands and Islands to steam navigation, Bell¹s achievements have been largely ignored. In a comprehensive, accurately researched and most of all readable account of his life, The Ingenious Mr Bell puts this right. Brian Osborne points to reasons for Bell¹s lack of recognition in his own land. As an entrepreneur and doer, Bell¹s experience and important contributions to technological and economic development have much relevance in modern day Britain. Brian Osborne is from Bell¹s adopted home town of Helensburgh. Formerly a librarian he is a writer whose wide range of interests include the shipbuilder Robert Napier and the novelist Neil Munro.

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