A treatise on the new invented patented machine.
By: By William Faris, patentee. ; To which is added, remarks on several subjects by the author
Contributors: Faris, William, 1728-1804
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 50066
Publisher: Printed by Warner & Hanna, no. 2, North Gay-Street, for the author.--
Published: 1799
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 66
Subjects: Inventions -- United States; Water-wheels
Notes: The "new invented patented machine" is a water elevator for operating an over-shot wheel

On p. 6 the author refers to himself as "living in Calvert Street, Baltimore," and his advertisement on p. 8 is dated Baltimore, Sept. 18th, 1799. William Faris, a mirror and frame maker, advertised the establishment of his business in Calvert Street in the Maryland journal, Nov. 9, 1792, and is still listed at that address in the 1804 Baltimore directory. It is questionable whether he is identical with William Faris of Annapolis (1728-1804), the clockmaker and silversmith, who is known to have made mirrors but not known to have had a Baltimore address

Not in Evans or Bristol

Rink, E.  Technical Americana, 2731

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 50066)