Remarks on Mr. John Fitch's reply to Mr. James Rumsey's pamphlet (1788)
Barnes, Joseph · Philadelphia : Printed by Joseph James · leaf 34
ade of pineboards) about eight feet long, and about one inch and ahalf diameter in the cavity of the tube, v.hich he fuf-pended upon ^xii^ cords, and having a common gim-let hole bored, at the end of faid tube and on the onefide of the fam.e, and hanging fome weights over a £inallpully by a thread… … C 14 ] to which he made anfwer, that by that principle he wouldmake the boat go, and after fome fmall matter of con-verfation, he took his pen and ink, and retired to makehis calculations as was his cuflom after experiments made,many of which he made during the winter ; in teftimo-ny of which I…
Fitch, John, 1743-1798 · Steam-navigation
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