The political economy of inland navigation, irrigation and drainage; : with thoughts on the multiplication of commercial resources; and on means of bettering the condition of mankind, by the construction of canals, by the improvement of their various capacities for commerce, transfer, agriculture, household supplies, and mechanical power; and by the unlimited extension thereof into the remotest interior of Great Britain and of foreign parts. / By W. Tatham.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Tatham, William, 1752-1819.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 36397.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inland navigation--Great Britain.

Inland navigation.

Great Britain.

Canals--Great Britain.

Canals.

Physical Description:

xvi, 500 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations

4x6 in.

monochrome

service copy

negative

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia [that is, London?]: : Printed for the author., 1799.

Notes:

In the American Philosophical Society copy "Philadelphia" is struck out and a note, probably in the hand of librarian John Vaughn, reads: "N.B. Should be London." The London, 1799 edition has the same pagination.

"Errata."--p. [iv].

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 36397).

Cited in:

Evans 36397

Rink, E. Technical Americana, 4003

OCLC:

55820772