Note 36 — Chapter III · Captain Savery—His Fire-engine.
Reading edition
We are informed by Quartermaster Conolly, R.E., who has given much attention to the early history of the Royal Engineers, that the book of Warrants and Appointments, anno 1712, No. 172½, in the Tower Record-room, contains the following memorandum in pencil on the inside cover:—[Thomas] “Savery, Engineer officer, 1702–14.”