The Life of Robert FultonC. G. Henderson & Company, 1856 - 269 pages |
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Page viii
... mode of torpedo warfare .......... ............... .................................. Mr. Fulton succeeded in cutting off a fourteen - inch cable , which was attached to a vessel that had been anchored in the stream for the purpose ...
... mode of torpedo warfare .......... ............... .................................. Mr. Fulton succeeded in cutting off a fourteen - inch cable , which was attached to a vessel that had been anchored in the stream for the purpose ...
Page xvii
... mode of connexion between the pistons and cranks , the exact form and construction , as Mr. Fulton's own mechanical knowledge and calculations dictated and directed , according to his ( Fulton's ) own improved plan , spe- cifications ...
... mode of connexion between the pistons and cranks , the exact form and construction , as Mr. Fulton's own mechanical knowledge and calculations dictated and directed , according to his ( Fulton's ) own improved plan , spe- cifications ...
Page 58
... mode of combining the timbers . 8. His treatise on the " Improvement of Canal Navigation , " in quarto form , one hundred and twenty pages , containing seventeen elegantly en- graved plates , all his own designs , was published in ...
... mode of combining the timbers . 8. His treatise on the " Improvement of Canal Navigation , " in quarto form , one hundred and twenty pages , containing seventeen elegantly en- graved plates , all his own designs , was published in ...
Page 59
... MODE OF CROSSING RIVERS and gaining height at the same time , performing the double operation of an aqueduct and locks . 13. - A PERPENDICULAR Lift to pass boats by means of cranes on the upper side of the upper canal behind the cranes ...
... MODE OF CROSSING RIVERS and gaining height at the same time , performing the double operation of an aqueduct and locks . 13. - A PERPENDICULAR Lift to pass boats by means of cranes on the upper side of the upper canal behind the cranes ...
Page 60
... mode of passing , by machinery , a DESCENDING TRADE , and saving the whole of the water by means of the pumps . 15. His invention of beautiful air - guns - one of which he sold to a gentleman of Chester county for seventy - five dollars ...
... mode of passing , by machinery , a DESCENDING TRADE , and saving the whole of the water by means of the pumps . 15. His invention of beautiful air - guns - one of which he sold to a gentleman of Chester county for seventy - five dollars ...
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