short treatise on the application of steam
Subtitle: 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 [sic] : the same principles are also introduced with effect by a machine of a simple and che[a]p 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: by James Rumsey ...
Contributors: American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by Joseph James ...
Published: 1788
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: Steam-navigation -- Early works to 1800