| Description | Docketed “Trial of the Eridano up the Po. 7 miles per hour up, 11 miles down. 180 kilogrammes of coal per hour, about ½ what Fawcett’s engines burn. Pavia boat called Virgil – 4 days from Venice to Pavia, got through the 5 mile current at Piacenza. A voygae to Ancona. Both vessels give satisfation. Indifferent account of Pritchard.” |