 ... sixth, the difficulty arising from the liability of the paddles or oars to break if light, and from the weight, if made strong. Nor have I ever heard of an instance, verified by other testimony than that of the inventor, of a speedy and agreeable...  Transactions of the American Philosophical Society - Page 93by American Philosophical Society - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Cadwallader David Colden - Naval architects - 1817 - 400 pages
...motion of the water in the boiler and cistern, and of the fuel- vessel in rough water. 136 "Sixth — The difficulty arising from the liability of the paddles...many very respectable and ingenious men, who consider the application of the steam-engine to the purpose of navigation, as highly important and as very practicable,... | |
 | Cadwallader David Colden - Naval architects - 1817 - 406 pages
...liability of the paddles or, oars to break, if light, and from the weight, if made strong. " Nor have 1 ever heard of an instance, verified by other testimony...performed in a steam-boat of any construction. " I am wefl aware, that there are still many very respectable and ingenious men, who consider the application... | |
 | Cadwallader David Colden - Technology & Engineering - 1818 - 192 pages
...motion of the water in the boiler and cistern, and of the fuel vessel in rough water. " Sixth—The difficulty arising from the liability of the paddles...speedy and agreeable voyage having been performed in a steam boat of any construction. " I am well aware, that there are still many very respectable and ingenious... | |
 | Thomas Gill (patent-agent) - 1823 - 492 pages
...strong. jVor have I ever heard of an instance, verifiedfry other testimony than that'oflheinventor, of a speedy and agreeable voyage having been performed in a steam-boat of any construction. I am well am are Others in use, that I could obtain a Patent for it, and apply it to mills, more profitably than... | |
 | Robert Stuart, Robert Stuart Meikleham - Inventors - 1829 - 418 pages
...the motion of the water in the boiler and cistern, and of the fuel vessel in rough water. — 6lh. The difficulty arising from the liability of the paddles...speedy and -agreeable voyage having been performed in a iteain-boat of uuy construction." MILLER OF DALSWINTON. 391 tion for practical knowledge, and his privilege... | |
 | Biography - 1855 - 364 pages
...There are objections to their use, from which no mode of application can be free. ... I have never heard of an instance, verified by other testimony...speedy and agreeable voyage having been performed by a steam-boat of any construction."* This unqualified denunciation of pyroscaphy, by a publicist... | |
 | Thompson Westcott - Biography & Autobiography - 1857 - 470 pages
...the fuel vessel in rough water. " Sixth, the difficulty arising from the liability of the paddles and oars to break, if light, and from the weight if made...construction. " I am well aware that there are still many respectable and ingenious men who consider the application of the steam engine to the purpose of navigation... | |
 | Thompson Westcott - Fiction - 1857 - 440 pages
...the fuel vessel in rough water. " Sixth, the difficulty arising from the liability of the paddles and oars to break, if light, and from the weight if made...construction. " I am well aware that there are still many respectable and ingenious men who consider the application of the steam engine to the purpose of navigation... | |
 | James D. McCabe - United States - 1871 - 686 pages
...the fuel-vessel in rough water. Sixth. The difficulty arising from the liability of the paddles and oars to break, if light, and from the weight, if made...many very respectable and ingenious men who consider the application of the steam-engine to the purpose of navigation as highly important, and as very practicable,... | |
 | James D. McCabe - Artists - 1872 - 682 pages
...the fuel-vessel in rough water. Sixth. The difficulty arising from the liability of the paddles and oars to break, if light, and from the weight, if made...many very respectable and ingenious men who consider the application of the steam-engine to the purpose of navigation as highly important, and as very practicable,... | |
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