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 : the same principles are also introduced with effect, by a machine of a simple and cheap 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 /

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 : the same principles are also introduced with effect, by a machine of a simple and cheap 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 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792.
Imprint:	Philadelphia : Printed by J. James, 1788.
Description:	p. [1013]-1035 ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature ; no. 13566.3-1 suppl.
Subject:	Steam-navigation. Steam-navigation.
Format:	Microform Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1776742

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Other title:	Plan wherein the power of steam is fully shewn.
Notes:	Originally published with title: A plan wherein the power of steam is fully shewn.--Sterling Memorial Library. Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications, [1981]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature ; no. 13566.3-1 suppl.) -- Filmed from the holdings of the Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

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