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]
Descriptionp. [1011]-1102, [2] leaves of plates : ill., map. ; 21 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
Local noteScanned copy has article, "The first steamboat," inserted before title page.
Local noteScience; Maritime.
Local note2011AF06400.
General noteReprint. 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 noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 74129.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Other titleOriginal steamboat supported, or, A reply to Mr. James Rumsey's pamphlet.

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