A 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 [!] 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 or saw mills. And for watering meadows and other agricultural purposes
By: by James Rumsey.
Series: [Technological pamphlets,; v.3, no. 15]
Publisher: Printed by J. James
Published: 1842
Place of publication: Philadelphia; [Reprinted, Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: Steam-navigation -- History.
Notes: On preliminary l.: "27th Congress, 2d session. Doc. no. 189. Ho. of Reps. Rumsey's steam engine. April 15, 1842 ... This reprint is as near a fac simile of the original pamphlet as it is possible now to make it."