The Life of Robert FultonKirk & Mercein, no. 22 Wall-street., 1817 - 371 pages |
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... STEAM - BOATS ; OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND NAVIGATION OF CANALS , AND OTHER OBJECTS OF PUBLIC UTILITY . WITH AN APPENDIX . NEW - YORK : PUBLISHED BY KIRK & MERCEIN , NO . 22 WALL - STREET . 1817 . p AND YRARBLI MEM WORK ...
... STEAM - BOATS ; OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND NAVIGATION OF CANALS , AND OTHER OBJECTS OF PUBLIC UTILITY . WITH AN APPENDIX . NEW - YORK : PUBLISHED BY KIRK & MERCEIN , NO . 22 WALL - STREET . 1817 . p AND YRARBLI MEM WORK ...
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... Steam - Boats ; of Improvements in the Construction and Navigation of Canals , and other objects of public utility with an Appendix . " In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States , entitled " An Act for the ...
... Steam - Boats ; of Improvements in the Construction and Navigation of Canals , and other objects of public utility with an Appendix . " In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States , entitled " An Act for the ...
Page 75
... steam - boats and torpedoes . On these , he says , in a letter to the secretary , " I labour with the ardour of an enthusiast . " He avails himself of this opportunity of submitting to the govern- ment , some ideas on canal navigation ...
... steam - boats and torpedoes . On these , he says , in a letter to the secretary , " I labour with the ardour of an enthusiast . " He avails himself of this opportunity of submitting to the govern- ment , some ideas on canal navigation ...
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... steam to such perfection , that steam - boats were established and running as regular packets upon the Hudson , between New - York and Albany , and as ferry - boats across the bays and rivers . He also became an active member of a ...
... steam to such perfection , that steam - boats were established and running as regular packets upon the Hudson , between New - York and Albany , and as ferry - boats across the bays and rivers . He also became an active member of a ...
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... steam - boats previously to its date ; a fact which could not have been disputed , as it has been , if Mr. Fulton , at the time when it so much concerned his interest , could have laid his hands upon the letter of Lord Stan- hope ...
... steam - boats previously to its date ; a fact which could not have been disputed , as it has been , if Mr. Fulton , at the time when it so much concerned his interest , could have laid his hands upon the letter of Lord Stan- hope ...
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The Life of Robert Fulton ...: Read Before the Literary and Philosophical ... Cadwallader David Colden Affichage du livre entier - 1817 |
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