Title: 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 ...
Authors: Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792.
Publisher: Weed, Parsons & Co., Public Printers,
Year: 1849
Subjects: Steam-navigation History.; Steamboats History; Steam-engines History