 | Industrial arts - 1838 - 520 pages
...on which part of the oar the whole force of the axis is applied. The engine is placed in the bottom of the boat, about one third from the stern, and both...completion of the b.oat, so far as to make numerous experiEABLY EXPERIMENTS IN STEAM NAVIGATION — FITCIl's STEAM BOAT. 33 menls on the Delaware ; of... | |
 | Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1840 - 492 pages
...on which part of the oar the whole force of the axis is applied. The engine is placed m the bottom of the boat, about one third from the stern, and both...action and reaction turn the wheel the same way." p-3 o 'Jr. I § and a half; on which the shares were signed over with great satisfaction by the rest... | |
 | Royal society of arts - 1847 - 634 pages
...the whole force of the axis is applied. The engine is placed in the bottom of the boat about onethird from the stern, and both the action and reaction turn the wheel the same way. Fitch gives a particular account of the progress of his operations in steam from the first time that... | |
 | Bennet Woodcroft - Marine engines - 1848 - 196 pages
...the whole force of the axis is applied. The engine is placed in the bottom of the boat about onethird from the stern, and both the action and reaction turn the wheel the same way. Fitch gives a particular account of the progress of his operations in steam from the first time that... | |
 | United States. Patent Office - Patents - 1850 - 818 pages
...of the oar the whole force of the axis is applied. Our engine is placed in the "boat about one-third from the stern, and both the action and reaction turn the wheel the same way. With the most perfect respect, sir, I beg leave to subscribe myself, Your very humble servant, •... | |
 | Robert Macfarlane - Steam-navigation - 1851 - 208 pages
...on which part of the oar the whole force of the axis is applied. The engine is placed in the bottom of the boat, about one third from the stern, and both the action and evolution turn the wheel the same way." It is stated by Charles Whittlesley, Esq., in his pamphlet,... | |
 | Charles Whittlesey - Geology - 1852 - 410 pages
...whole force of the axis is applied. The engine is placed in the bottom of the boat about one-third from the stern, and both the action and reaction turn the wheel the same way." Such are the two schemes of navigation which occupied the minds of Rumsey and Fitch, which became the... | |
 | Charles Whittlesey - Geology - 1852 - 416 pages
...whole force of the axis is applied. The engine is placed in the bottom of the boat about one-third from the stern, and both the action and reaction turn the wheel the same way." Such are the two schemes of navigation which occupied the minds of Rumsey and Fitch, which became the... | |
 | James T. Lloyd - Ferryboat disasters - 1856 - 334 pages
...whole force of the axis is applied. The engine is placed in the bottom of the boat, about one-third from the stern, and both the action and reaction turn the wheel the same way." riTCl's PBILADELPRIA BOAT — 1780. This description was written by the inventor himself, and was first... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - Pennsylvania - 1857 - 686 pages
...water into it, and throwing it off against the atmosphere without any friction. The engine is placed about one third from the stern, and both the action and reaction turn the wheel the same way. The engine is a twelve inch cylinder, and will move a clear force of 11 or 12 cwt. after the frictions... | |
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The crank of the axis acts upon the paddles about one-third of their length from their lower ends, on which part of the oar the whole force of the axis is applied. The engine is placed in the bottom of the boat about onethird from the stern, and both... 
