Remarks on Canal Navigation: Illustrative of the Advantages of the Use of Steam, as a Moving Power on Canals : With an Appendix, Containing a Series of Experiments, Tables, &c. on which a Number of Proposed Improvements are Founded : Also, Plans and Descriptions of Certain Classes of Steam Boats, Intended for the Navigation of Canals, and the Adjoining Branches of the Sea |
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