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 : 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 James Rumsey.
| Author/creator | Rumsey, James |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed by J. James, 1788. |
| Description | pages 1013-1035 ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Available to subscribing institutions |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Plan wherein the power of steam is fully shewn |
| General note | Originally published with title: A plan wherein the power of steam is fully shewn.--Sterling Memorial Library. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University. |
| General note | Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 13566.3-1. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. |
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