Thanks to the fact that nowadays more and more books are digitized we are
able to read books that are some times for decades no longer available for the
public for several reasons. That's quite a pity while these books contains
useful information while the archives are destroyed, incomplete or nor accessible.
p. 273: “On the 9th November, 1855, the first steam-boat was built in Siam, by the son of the prime minister, who, just twenty years before, completed the building of the Ariel, the first square-rigged vessel of the Siamese. The First King took an excursion in this steamer, “The Royal Seat”, the next day. The Siamese now own 22 steamers, of which 14 are paddle and 8 screw; 9 belong to the First King, and 2 to the Second King. The mercantile marine of Siam also numbers 70 sailing vessels, registering in the aggregate 22,523 tons, eleven of these vessels are over 500 tons.”
Source
William Waterston. Cyclopaedia of commerce, mercantile law, finance, commercial geography and navigation. London, 1863.
p. 273: “On the 9th November, 1855, the first steam-boat was built in Siam, by the son of the prime minister, who, just twenty years before, completed the building of the Ariel, the first square-rigged vessel of the Siamese. The First King took an excursion in this steamer, “The Royal Seat”, the next day. The Siamese now own 22 steamers, of which 14 are paddle and 8 screw; 9 belong to the First King, and 2 to the Second King. The mercantile marine of Siam also numbers 70 sailing vessels, registering in the aggregate 22,523 tons, eleven of these vessels are over 500 tons.”
Source
William Waterston. Cyclopaedia of commerce, mercantile law, finance, commercial geography and navigation. London, 1863.
