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 /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Originally published with title: A plan wherein the power of steam is fully shewn.--Sterling Memorial Library. Reproduction of original from Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University. Goldsmiths'-Kress number 13566.3-1. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | pages [1013]-1035 ; 25 cm. |