A short treatise on the application of steam : whereby is clearly shewn, from actual experiments that steam may be applied to propel boats or vessels of any burthen against rapid currents with great velocity. Great velocity. : The same principles are also introduced with effect, by a machine of a simple and chep construction, for the purpose of raising water sufficient for the working of grist-mills, saw-mills, &c. and for watering meadows and other purposes of agriculture. / By James Rumsey, of Berkeley County, Virigina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792, author.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 21441.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steam.

Steamboats.

Steam-navigation--United States--History.

Steam-navigation.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (26 pages)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, : Printed by Joseph James: Chesnut-Street., M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Described by Evans as the first impression; compare Evans 21442.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 21441).

Cited in:

Evans 21441

Rink, E. Technical Americana, 2925

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