uced to under-take this remarkable experiment in order to convincethe world that some of the scientific men of the daywere visionary pretenders. Scarcely a year previously,Benjamin H. Latrobe, whose name stood fair as a phi-losopher, had gone out of his way to pronounce anopinion that the… … The Eruktor Amphibolis. Oliver Evans, Philadelphia, 1804, inquiry of the American Philosophical Society, to know:how many steam-engines were in use in the United States.Mr. Latrobe was appointed Chairman of the Gommit-tee. He accomplished his task by reporting that therewere six steam-engines in…
Fitch, John, 1743-1798 · Steam-navigation
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