▁when ▁Patrick ▁Miller ▁sa iled ▁the ▁world ' s ▁first ▁successful ▁steam ship , ▁designed ▁by ▁William ▁Sym ington , ▁on ▁D als w inton ▁L och , ▁Nas my th ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁crew . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁employed ▁by ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Scottish ▁nob ility ▁in ▁the ▁improvement ▁and ▁beaut ification ▁of ▁their ▁est ates . ▁He ▁ ▁designed ▁the ▁circular ▁temple ▁covering ▁St ▁Bernard ' s ▁Well ▁by ▁the ▁Water ▁of ▁Le ith ▁( 1 7 8 9 ), ▁and ▁brid ges ▁at ▁Al mond ell , ▁West ▁L oth ian , ▁and ▁T ong land , ▁Kir kc ud br ight shire . ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 5 ▁he ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁those ▁invited ▁to ▁submit ▁propos als ▁for ▁the ▁expansion ▁of ▁Edinburgh ▁New ▁Town . ▁ ▁Nas my th ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁drawing ▁school ▁and ▁" inst illed ▁a ▁whole ▁generation ▁with ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁drawing ▁as ▁a ▁tool ▁of ▁empir ical ▁investigation "; ▁his ▁pup ils ▁included ▁David ▁Wil kie , ▁David ▁Roberts , ▁Clark son ▁Stan field ▁and ▁John ▁Thom son ▁of ▁D ud ding ston ; ▁▁ ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁probably ▁from ▁him ▁that ▁John ▁James ▁Rus kin ▁( father ▁of ▁John ▁Rus kin ) ▁learned ▁to ▁paint ▁as ▁a ▁school boy ▁in ▁Edinburgh ▁in ▁the ▁later ▁ 1 7 9 0 s . ▁Another ▁successful ▁pup il ▁was ▁the ▁painter , ▁teacher , ▁art ▁deal er ▁and ▁con no isseur ▁Andrew ▁Wilson , ▁ ▁who ▁had ▁his ▁first ▁art ▁training ▁under ▁Nas