 ... started into very general notice in a form in which it could not possibly be attended with much success. A sort of mania began to prevail, which indeed has not yet entirely subsided, for impelling boats by steam-engines. . . . For a short time a passage-boat,...  Transactions of the American Philosophical Society - Page 92by American Philosophical Society - 1809Full view - About this book
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...to prevail, which indeed has not yet entirely subsided, for impelling boats by steam-engines. . . . For a short time a passage-boat, rowed by a steam-engine,...Borden-town and Philadelphia, but it was soon laid aside There are indeed general objections to the use of the steam-engine for impelling boats, from which... | |
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