Henry Bell (engineer)
Henry Bell (7 April, 1767 – 14 March, 1830) was a Scottish engineer who is famed for introducing the first successful passenger steamboat service in Europe.
Read more about Henry Bell (engineer): Early Career, Interest in Steam Power For Shipping, Paddlesteamer Comet, Later Life, Death
Famous quotes containing the word bell:
“The sad, the lonely, the insatiable,
To these Old Night shall all her mystery tell;
God’s bell has claimed them by the little cry
Of their sad hearts, that may not live nor die.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)