A Short Treatise on the Application of Steam (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from 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 VelocityThis is the fate of the unlucky projector, even in the cie ties of Europe, where every material is at his command, and every artificer at his fervice. A candid public then confider my fituation, thrown by hard fate beyond the mountains, and deprived of every advantage which, that grand mover, money, produces, they will ealily perceive how 1ny.dili:iculties have been multiplied, which'is the only reafon of my not exhibiting my long promifed boat be fore this; and which l,hope will be a fufiiment apology. Even now, thefe difficulties render my machinery very in: complete 5but Mr. Fitch's endeavouring to procure pa;[4.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.