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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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 ; 13566.3-1.
Making of the modern economy
Subject:
Steam-navigation.
Steam-navigation.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5992949
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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.
Reproduction of original from Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.

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