at reached the other flag it was also struck, and the watchesinstantly stopped. Every precaution was taken before wit-nesses ; the time was shown to all, the experiment declared tobe fairly made, and the Boat was found to go at the rate of Eightmiles an hour, or one mile within the eighth of an… … John Fitchs Steam-boat —178S, 17S9, 1790. The great problem, it ivas now thought, was demon-strated. The boat was run to Burlington frequently,beating everything which sailed on the Delaware.There were occasional accidents, but they were easilyrepaired. It is said in the journal that the boat ranas…
Fitch, John, 1743-1798 · Steam-navigation
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