PAMPHLET
Title:
[Address to the public on the question of establishing a line of stages & steam-boats from Norfolk to Charleston, connected with the line now established from Philadelphia to Norfolk
Creators:
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839 | Elmaker, L. | Ralston, G.
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1828]
BOOK
Title:
A plan wherein the power of steam is fully shewn, by a new constructed machine, for propelling boats or vessels, of any burthen, against the most rapid streams or rivers, with great velocity: Also, a machine, constructed on similar philosophical principles, by which water may be raised for grist or saw-mills, watering of meadows, &c. &c
Creator:
Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792
Extent:
20, [2] p. ; duodecimo.
ANALYTIC
Title:
The Progress in steam navigation
Parent:
Smithsonian Inst. Annual rept. 1899
Creator:
White, W. H. (William Henry)Sir, 1845-1913
Publication:
Smithsonian Inst, Washington, 1901.
Notes:
Printed in Cassier's magazine, Nov. 1899.
Call #:
506.73 SM6AN 1899
BOOK
Title:
Report of the Philadelphia Committee on the subject of transatlantic steam navigation. February 7, 1839
Creator:
Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844
Publication:
Printed by John C. Clark, Philadelphia, 1839.
Notes:
Signed: N. Biddle, Chairman.
Call #:
Pam. v.744, no.12
ANALYTIC
Title:
Steam boats protected from the effects of lightning
Parent:
American Journal of Science and Arts, v.22
Creator:
Jones, Alexander, 1802-1863
Publication:
New Haven, 1832.
Extent:
p.106-109. 22 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Account of some early proposals for steam navigation
Creators:
Rigaud, Stephen Peter, 1774-1839 | Ashmolean Society
Publication:
Printed by S. Collingwood, for the Ashmolean Society, Oxford, 1838.
Call #:
629.1325 C68 NO.21
BOOK
Title:
An Elementary treatise on steam, more particularly as applicable to the purposes of navigation, with an familiar description of the engine
Publication:
G. Poore, Plymouth, 1837.
Extent:
x, [4], [15]-259 p. : illus., tables ; 23 1/2 cm.
ANALYTIC
Title:
On the propulsion of steamers
Parent:
U.S. 31st Congress. 1st Session. House. Executive documents, v.6, pt.1
Creator:
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870
Publication:
U.S. Congress, Washington, 1850.
Call #:
328.73 UN3B V.574
Extent:
p.595-626 : illus., plates ; octavo.
BOOK
Title:
The birth of the steamboat
Creator:
Spratt, H. Philip (Hereward Philip)
Publication:
C. Griffin, London, [1958]
Notes:
Includes bibilography.
Extent:
149 p. : front. (port.), facsims. ; 20 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Speech of William H. Seward, for the Collins steamers, in Senate of the United States, April 27, 1852
Creator:
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
Publication:
Buell and Blanchard, Washington, 1852?]
Notes:
At head of title: American steam navigation.
BOOK
Title:
Treatise on the mechanical means by which vessels are propelled by steam power
Publication:
Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1868.
Notes:
Last 24 pages publisher's advertisements.
Extent:
viii, 37, 24 p. : diagrs. ; 22 cm.
BOOK
Title:
From the Potomac to the Thames: being the progress of one James Rumsey (1743-1792)
Creators:
King, Thomson. | Newcomen Society in North America
Publication:
Printed at the Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1943]
Notes:
At head of title: The Newcomen Society. American Branch. "Delivered at ... Baltimore, Maryland ... on June 24, 1948." "First printing: June 1948."
Extent:
32 p. : il. ; octavo.
PAMPHLET
Title:
Model of a steam scow and railroad car, attributed to John Fitch
Creator:
Whittlesey, Charles.
Call #:
PAM. V.1184, NO.21
Extent:
p. 529-532 : ill. ; 27 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The First steam screw propeller boats to navigate the waters of any county
Creator:
Stevens, Francis B. (Francis Bowes), d. 1908
Publication:
Hoboken, N.J.], 1893.
Notes:
Reprinted from the Stevens Indicator, v.10, April 1893.
Extent:
30 p. : illus., diagrs. ; 24 cm.
PAMPHLET
Title:
Steam navigation: Improvements ... Part I. The Boiler
Creator:
Perkins, Jacob, 1766-1849
Publication:
J. Ridgeway ... Sherwood and Co. ... and E. Wilson, London, 1832.
Extent:
21, [2] p. : plate, tables ; octavo.
BOOK
Title:
Whereas John Fitch, of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, has proposed a machine for promoting navigation ... we the subscribers being willing to promote ... do promise to pay said Fitch ... provided said Fitch shall have ready to be delivered to us ... so many
Publication:
Richmond, Va, 1786?]
Notes:
A "subscription paper" printed and distributed by John Fitch to members of the Virginia Assembly in an attempt to raise funds for the construction of his first steamboat. See: Westcott, T. Life of John Fitch ... 1857, p.143.
Extent:
Broadside ; 13" x 8 1/8"
PAMPHLET
Title:
Remarks on John Fitch's reply to James Rumsey's pamphlet
Publication:
James, Philadelphia, 1788.
Extent:
XVI, 16 p. ; octavo.
PAMPHLET
Title:
Remarks on Mr. John Fitch's reply to Mr. James Rumsey's pamphlet
Publication:
Printed by Joseph James, Philadelphia, 1788.
Call #:
500 Pam. v.3, no.2
Extent:
xvi, 16 p. ; octavo.
ANALYTIC
Title:
Remarks on John Fitch's reply to James Rumsey's pamphlet
Parent:
U.S. 31st Congress, 2d Session. House. Executive documents, v.6, pt.1
Notes:
Reprint - originally published: Philadelphia: James, 1788.
Call #:
328.73 UN3B V.600
BOOK
Title:
Le Marquis de Jouffroy d'Abbans: inventeur de l'application de la vapeur a la navigation
Creator:
Prost, J.-C.-Alfred.
Publication:
E. Leroux, Paris, 1889.
Extent:
319 p. : fold. geneal. table ; 26 cm.
