Nathan Read: His Invention of the Multi-tubular Boiler and Portable High-pressure Engine, and Discovery of the True Mode of Applying Steam-power to Navigation and Railways. A Contribution to the Early History of the Steamboat and Locomotive Engine

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Hurd and Houghton, 1870 - 201 էջ
 

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Էջ 194 - In Testimony Whereof I , Martin Van Buren President of the United States of America have caused these Letters to be made Patent and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.
Էջ 194 - State, signifying a desire of obtaining an exclusive property in the said improvement, and praying that a patent may be granted for that purpose.
Էջ 200 - That at this rate they have conveyed upwards of fourteen passengers. " 3. — That their weight, including engine, fuel, water, and attendants, may be under three tons. " 4. — That they can ascend and descend hills of considerable inclination with facility and safety. " 5. — That they are perfectly safe for passengers. " 6. — That they are not (or need not be, if properly constructed) nuisances to the public. " 7- — That they will become u speedier and cheaper mode of conveyance than carriages...
Էջ 49 - In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of The United States to be hereunto affixed.
Էջ 49 - ... granting to such petitioner, his heirs, administrators or assigns, for any term not exceeding fourteen years, the sole and exclusive right and liberty of making, using and vending to others to be used, the said invention or discovery.
Էջ 198 - Here they lay, keeping watch on deck during the long autumnal night — listening to the sound of the waters which roared and gurgled horribly around them ; and hearing, from time to time, the rushing earth slide from the shore, and the commotion as the falling mass of earth and trees was swallowed up by the river. The lady of the party, a delicate female, who had just been confined on board as they lay off...
Էջ 7 - Danvers, he was appointed by Governor Strong a special Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Essex ; and after his removal from Danvers to Belfast in 1 For his specification and patent of the Nail Machine, see Appendix, No.
Էջ 49 - An act to promote the progress of the useful arts, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts heretofore made for that purpose," approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six.
Էջ 198 - The lady of the party, a delicate female, who had just been confined on board as they lay off' Louisville, was frequently awakened from her restless slumber by the jar given to the furniture and loose articles in the cabin, as, several times in the course of the night, the shock of the passing earthquake was communicated from the island to the bows of the vessel.
Էջ 136 - Fitch is either dead or hath withdrawn himself from this State without having made any attempt in the space of more than ten years for executing the plan for which he so obtained an exclusive privilege, whereby...

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