A short treatise on the application of steam: whereby is clearly shewn, from actual experiments that steam may be applied to propel boats or vessels of any burthen against rapid currents with great velocity great velocity [sic] : the same principles are also introduced with effect, by a machine of a simple and cheap construction, for the purpose of raising water sufficient for the working of grist-mills, saw-mills, &c. and for watering meadows and other purposes of agriculture

Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792

Printed by Joseph James, Philadelphia, 1788.

Pam. v.32, no.10

26 p. ; 21 cm.