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 |
| Other author | Hutchings, John. |
| Other author | Fitch, John. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Albany, N.Y. : s.n., 1849] |
| Description | p. [1011]-1102, [2] leaves of plates : ill., map. ; 21 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. |
| Local note | Scanned copy has article, "The first steamboat," inserted before title page. |
| Local note | Science; Maritime. |
| Local note | 2011AF06400. |
| General note | Reprint. Originally published: Philadelphia : Printed by Joseph James, 1788. |
| General note | "The original steamboat supported, or, A reply to Mr. James Rumsey's pamphlet : shewing the true priority of John Fitch and the false datings, &c. of James Rumsey. Philadelphia : Printed by Z. Poulson, Jun., 1878."--P. [1039]-1102. |
| General note | "Honor to whom honor is due." Origin of steam navigation. A view of Collect Pond and its vicinity in the city of New York in 1793. ... Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1846 by John Hutchngs in the clerk's office of the district court of the southern district of N.Y."--Foldout between p. 1038 and [1039]. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society. |
| General note | Sabin no. 74129. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Other title | Original steamboat supported, or, A reply to Mr. James Rumsey's pamphlet. |
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