Memoirs of the most eminent American mechanics : also, lives of distinguished European mechanics : together with a collection of anecdotes ... relating to the mechanic arts : illustrated by fifty engravings (1852)
Howe, Henry, 1816-1893, New York Museum of Science and Industry. Library · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 186
prise of our countrymen ; and although the prospect ofDevsonai emolument has been some inducement to me, yet I feel i */ infinitely more pleasure in reflecting on the immense advantagethat mv coiurrv will derive from the invention,&c. •/ V Soon after this successful voyage, the Hudson boat was… … I .;i I. ROBERT FULTON, 181 nary navigation of the river, and from defects in her machinery;the greatest of which was, having her water-wheel shafts of castiron, which was insufficient to sustain the great power applied tothem. The wheels also were hung without any support for theoutward end of the…
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