 She is a structure resting on two boats and keels, separated from end to end by a channel fifteen feet wide, and sixty-six feet long ; one boat contains the caldrons of copper to prepare her steam. The cylinder of iron, its piston, levers, and wheels,...  The Life of Robert Fulton - Page 227by Cadwallader David Colden - 1817 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Delaplaine - 1815 - 314 pages
...least one mile and a half in the hour. " She is a structure," says Mr. Colden in his life of Fulton, " resting on two boats and keels, separated from end...levers, and wheels, occupy part of the other. The water wheel revolves in the space between them. The main or gun deck supports the armament, and is... | |
 | John Palmer - Québec (Province) - 1818 - 480 pages
...the following description of the Ffilton the First, the name this vessel bears, is extracted from the report of the gentlemen who were the commissioners...channel fifteen feet wide, and sixty-six feet long ; one bout contains the cauldron of copper to prepare her steam. The cylinder of iron, its piston, levers,... | |
 | 1839 - 134 pages
...presume that some description of this vessel will not be without its interest to our readers. She was a structure resting on two boats and keels, separated...to end by a channel fifteen feet wide and sixtysix long. One boat contained the copper cauldrons for preparing her steam ; and the other her cylinder... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - America - 1823 - 374 pages
...the following description of the Fulton ike First, the name this vessel bears, is extracted from the report of the gentlemen who were the commissioners...wide, and sixty-six feet long ; one boat contains the cauldron of copper to prepare her steam. The cylinder of iron, its piston, levers, and wheels, occupy... | |
 | William Adams (M.A.) - Voyages and travels - 1832 - 516 pages
...permitted to be at Inrge. — The steam-frigate, built by Fulton, is described as a formidable battery. She is a structure resting on two boats and keels, separated from end to end liy a channel fifteen feet wide, and sixty-six feet long; one boat contains the caldron of copper to... | |
 | 1832 - 602 pages
...presume that some description of this vessel will not be without its interest to our readers. She was a structure resting on two boats and keels, separated...to end by a channel fifteen feet wide and sixtysix long. One boat contained the copper cauldrons for preparing her steam ; and the other her cylinder... | |
 | William Adams - America - 1836 - 508 pages
...permitted to be at large. — The steam-frigate, built by Fulton, isdescribed as a formidable battery. She is a structure resting on two boats and keels,...wide, and sixty-six feet long; One boat contains the caldron of copper to prepare her steam. The cylinder of iron, its piston, levers and wheels, occupy... | |
 | Royal society of arts - 1847 - 634 pages
...end to end by a channel 15 feet wide, and 66 feet long: one boat contains the cauldrons, which are of copper, to prepare her steam; the cylinder of iron,...levers, and wheels, occupy part of the other. The * See Colden, &c. &c. NAMES. Clermont, or North River Car of Neptune . . . Fire-Fly . ... Jersey Ferry... | |
 | Bennet Woodcroft - Marine engines - 1848 - 196 pages
...end to end by a channel 15 feet wide, and GO feet long: one boat contains the cauldrons, which are of copper, to prepare her steam ; the cylinder of...levers, and wheels, occupy part of the other. The NAMES. Feet. 133 J3 UJ a • _; Feet. 18 Breadth. Feet. 7 -2 o« • Q Inch. S -o q *>» o Feet. 4... | |
 | James Herring, James Barton Longacre - Portraits, American - 1852 - 376 pages
...to superintend her construction, we extract the following description of this magnificent vessel. " She is a structure resting on two boats and keels,...contains the caldrons of copper to prepare her steam. The VOL. Ill— 9 t cylinder of iron, its piston, levers, and wheels, occupy part of the other. The water-wheel... | |
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