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
Subtitle: 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
By: By James Rumsey ...
Publisher: Printed by J. James
Published: 1849
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Steam-navigation; History
Notes: Reprint. The documentary history of the state of New-York. Albany, 1849. 23 cm. v. 2, p. 1011-1035.

Also in 1850-51 ed.