 | Frederick Whymper - 1883 - 712 էջ
...her, as a monster moving on the waters, defying the winds and tide, and breathing flames and smoke. She had the most terrific appearance from other vessels...The first steam-boats, as others yet do, used dry pine-wood for fuel, which sends forth a column of ignited vapour many feet above the flue, and whenever... | |
 | Franc Bangs Wilkie - 1883 - 700 էջ
...has been no cessation in steamnavigation. The first trip of the " Clermont " was made to Albany. " She had the most terrific appearance, from other vessels...she was making her passage. The first steam-boats used dry pine for fuel, which sends forth a column of ignited vapor many feet above the flue, and whenever... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1883 - 412 էջ
...friends were still incredulous. None seemed willing to trust the evidence of their own senses. " 17. " She had the most terrific appearance, from other vessels which were navigating the river. The first steamboats used dry pine wood for fuel, which sends forth a column of ignited vapor many... | |
 | Emerson W. Gould - 1889 - 792 էջ
....as a monster moving on the waters, defying the winds and the tide, and breathing flames and smoke. She had the most terrific appearance from other vessels...which were navigating the river when she was making this passage. The first steamboats, as others still do, used dry pine wood for fuel, which sends forth... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - 1894 - 462 էջ
...her, as a monster moving on the waters, defying the winds and tide, and breathing flames and smoke. She had the most terrific appearance from other vessels...wood for fuel, which sends forth a column of ignited vapor many feet above the flue, and whenever the fire is stirred, a galaxy of sparks fly off, and in... | |
 | Thomas Watson - 1894 - 430 էջ
...steered better. It is amusing to read that, " When Fulton started the first steamer in America, it had the most terrific appearance from other vessels...which were navigating the river, when she was making the passage. The first steamboat — as others yet do — used dry pine-wood for fuel, which sends... | |
 | John Wesley Hanson - 1900 - 718 էջ
...boiler twenty feet long, seven feet deep, eight broad. It moved at the rate of five miles an hour. "She had, the most terrific appearance from other...when she was making her passage. The first steamboats used dry pine for fuel, which sends forth a column of ignited vapor many feet above the flue, and whenever... | |
 | John Harrison Morrison - 1908 - 654 էջ
...her, as a monster moving on the waters, defying the wind and tide, and breathing flames and smoke. " She had the most terrific appearance from other vessels...wood for fuel, which sends forth a column of ignited vapor many feet above the flue, and whenever the fire is stirred, a galaxy of sparks flies off, and... | |
 | R. A. Fletcher - 1910 - 708 էջ
...water, defying the winds and the tide, and breathing flames and smoke." She had, he proceeds to say, " the most terrific appearance from other vessels which...passage. The first steamboats, as others yet do, used dry pine-wood for fuel, which sends forth a column of ignited vapour, many feet above the flue, and whenever... | |
 | 1842 - 854 էջ
...her, as a monster moving on the waters, defying the wind and tide, and breathing flames and smoke." "She had the most terrific appearance from other vessels,...making her passage. The first steamboats, as others yet <lo, used dry pine wood for fuel, which sends fourth a column of ignited vapor, many feet above the... | |
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She had the most terrific appearance from other vessels which were navigating the river when she was making her passage. The first... 
