Journal of the Franklin Institute; devoted to science and the mechanic arts (1826)
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) · Oxford, Eng. [etc.] Pergamon Press [etc.] · leaf 87
f a superior make,now run from Paris to Rouen, Havre, and London. They load andunload in Paris, at the Cassin de la Vilette, passing by the canalSt. Denis. They carry from 150 to 250 tons of freight, and have en-gines and propellers astern. The propellers are two paddles, one oneach side of the… … Paris et Londres are auxiliary screw schooners, conveying cargo inone bottom from Paris to London in five days, including stoppages atRouen and Havre. Most of these vessels are propelled by condensingengines. Steamers ply on most of the French canals, but steam haul-age is seldom applied except on…
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