Fulfilment of Three Remarkable Prophecies in the History of the Great Empire State Relating to the Development of Steamboat Navigation and Railroad Transportation, 1808-19081909 - 176 էջ |
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Էջ 14 - I had little faith before) that he has discovered the art of working boats by mechanism and small manual assistance against rapid currents ; that the discovery is of vast importance may be of the greatest usefulness in our inland navigation, and if it succeeds (of which I have no doubt) that the value of it is greatly enhanced by the simplicity of the works which, when seen and explained, may be executed by the most common mechanic.
Էջ 50 - The power of propelling boats" by steam is now fully proved. The morning I left New York, there were not perhaps thirty persons in the city who believed that the boat would ever move one mile an hour, or be of the least utility ; and while we were putting off from the wharf, which was crowded with spectators, I heard a number of sarcastic remarks.
Էջ 45 - Livingston with the exclusive right and privilege of navigating all kinds of boats, which might be propelled by the force of fire or steam, on all the waters within the territory or jurisdiction of the state of New York...
Էջ 50 - My steamboat voyage to Albany and back has turned out rather more favorable than I had calculated. The distance from New York to Albany is one hundred and fifty miles: I ran it up in thirty-two hours, and down in thirty.
Էջ 23 - ... the full and exclusive right and liberty of making, using, and vending to others to be used, the said invention or discovery...
Էջ 3 - The invention all admired, and each, how he To be the inventor missed ; so easy it seemed Once found, which yet unfound most would have thought Impossible...
Էջ 40 - Pennsylvania line; with power to transport, take and carry property and persons upon the same, by the power and force of steam, of animals, or of any mechanical or other power, or of any combination of them, for the term of fifty years from the passage of this act.
Էջ 1 - The time will come when people will travel in stages moved by steam engines, from one city to another, almost as fast as birds fly, fifteen or twenty miles an hour.
Էջ 13 - I consider this among the most important acts of my life, second only to my signing the Declaration of Independence, if even it be second to that.
Էջ 23 - Whereas Nathan Read, of Salem, in the State of Massachusetts, hath presented a petition to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Department of War, and the Attorney General of the United States...