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Pagina 168
Steam Engines . - In a letter to Dr. Ingenhauz , dated from Philadelphia , October
24 , 1788 , we find the following sentence : - “ We have no philosophical news
here at present , except that a boat moved by a steam engine , rows itself against
...
Steam Engines . - In a letter to Dr. Ingenhauz , dated from Philadelphia , October
24 , 1788 , we find the following sentence : - “ We have no philosophical news
here at present , except that a boat moved by a steam engine , rows itself against
...
Pagina 170
Steam Boilers . - The common safety - valve applied to the boilers of engines ,
consisting of a plug pressed down by a lever , though useful , is not infallible ,
and is always secure or dangerous at the will of the attendant , who , by
overloading it ...
Steam Boilers . - The common safety - valve applied to the boilers of engines ,
consisting of a plug pressed down by a lever , though useful , is not infallible ,
and is always secure or dangerous at the will of the attendant , who , by
overloading it ...
Pagina 328
No river can , however , be better adapted to large barge and steam - boat
navigation , not only to St. Stephens , but at least four hundred miles above there
. This town has at present more trade than the town of Mobile . A few miles above
St.
No river can , however , be better adapted to large barge and steam - boat
navigation , not only to St. Stephens , but at least four hundred miles above there
. This town has at present more trade than the town of Mobile . A few miles above
St.
Pagina 331
... steam boats and sloops , and the housing of merchandize , & c . A Frenchman ,
resident here , who is warmly attached to the interests of the Arkansas settlement
, has in contemplation to undertake this establishment on the Indian territory .
... steam boats and sloops , and the housing of merchandize , & c . A Frenchman ,
resident here , who is warmly attached to the interests of the Arkansas settlement
, has in contemplation to undertake this establishment on the Indian territory .
Pagina 353
POETRY Correspondence , 354 A Militia muster , described , 395 Life of Dr.
Timothy Dwight , 355 On high and low pressure in steam engines , 408 Koster's
travels in Brazil , 378 Conversations on the Bible , 428 Tales of my Landlord , 400
...
POETRY Correspondence , 354 A Militia muster , described , 395 Life of Dr.
Timothy Dwight , 355 On high and low pressure in steam engines , 408 Koster's
travels in Brazil , 378 Conversations on the Bible , 428 Tales of my Landlord , 400
...
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