Letter Addressed to Canal Proprietors: On the Practicability of Employing Steam Power on Canals (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Inhaltsangabe

Excerpt from Letter Addressed to Canal Proprietors: On the Practicability of Employing Steam Power on Canals

The numerous attempts that have been made to overcome the difficulties which oppose them selves to the employment of steam 'as a pro pelling power, in canal navigation, have hitherto proved so unavailing, that I should scarcely have ventured to express the conviction which I entertain, that this most desirable object has been at length accomplished, had I not found myself supported in that opinion by two pro fessional gentlemen, 'of acknowledged talent and experience, whose report on the subject I have subjoined.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.