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. Great velocity. [sic] : The same principles are also introduced with effect, by a machine of a simple and chep [sic] 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, of Berkeley County, Virigina.
| Author/creator | Rumsey, James |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed by Joseph James: Chesnut-Street, M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788] |
| Description | 26 pages ; (8vo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 21441. ^A478749 |
| General note | Described by Evans as the first impression; cf. Evans 21442. |
| References | Evans 21441 |
| References | Rink, E. Technical Americana, 2925 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | 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. 21441). |
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