 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 thirtytwo hours, and down in thirty. I had a light breeze against me...  History of American Steam Navigation - Página 21de John Harrison Morrison - 1908 - 630 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | 1808 - 356 páginas
...going and coming, so that no use was made of my sails ; and the voyage has been performed v/ holly by the power of the steam engine. I overtook many sloops and schooners beating to windward, and passed them as if they had been at anchor. The power of propelling boats by steam is now fully proved.... | |
 | Cadwallader David Colden - 1817 - 400 páginas
...hundred and fifty miles: I ran it up in thirty-two hours, Mid down in thirty. I had a light breeze 175 against me the whole way, both going and coming, and...voyage has been performed wholly by the power of the steam-engine. I overtook many sloops and schooners beating to windward, and parted with them as if... | |
 | Cadwallader David Colden - 1817 - 406 páginas
...hundred and fifty miles: I ran it up in thirty-two hours, and down in thirty. I had a light breeze H against me the whole way, both going and coming, and the voyage has been performed wholly by Hie power of the steam-engine. I overtook many sloops and schooners beating to windward, and parted... | |
 | Robert Stuart, Robert Stuart Meikleham - 1829 - 418 páginas
...(a light breeze) being a- head, the whole was performed by the steam-engine and wheels. The voyagers overtook many sloops and schooners beating to windward,...and parted with them as if they had been at anchor. This triumphant experiment established Fulton's reputation ; and, soon after, this fine vessel plied... | |
 | James Stuart - 1833 - 546 páginas
...had a light breeze against me the whole way going and coming, so that no use was made of my sails, and the voyage has been performed wholly by the power...many sloops and schooners beating to windward, and passed them as if they had been at anchor. " The power of propelling boats by steam is now fully proved.... | |
 | William Dunlap - 1834 - 450 páginas
...had a light breeze against me the whole way going and coming, so that no use was made of my sails, and the voyage has been performed wholly by the power...many sloops and schooners, beating to windward, and passed them as if they had been at anchor. "The power of propelling boats by steam is now fully proved.... | |
 | 1835 - 398 páginas
...had a light breeze against me the whole way going and coming, so that no use was made of my sails, and the voyage has been performed wholly by the power...many sloops and schooners, beating to windward, and passed them as if they had been at anchor. " The power of propelling boats by steam is now fully proved.... | |
 | Royal Scottish Society of Arts - 1856 - 860 páginas
...distance from New York to Albany is 150 miles. I ran it up in thirty-two hours, and down in thirty. I had a light breeze against me the whole way, both...voyage has been performed wholly by the power of the steam-engine. I overtook many sloops and schooners beating to windward, and parted with them as if... | |
 | Emerson Davis - 1851 - 484 páginas
...light breeze against me the whole way, going and coming, so that no use was made of my sails, and this voyage has been performed wholly by the power of the...engine. I overtook many sloops and schooners beating to the windward, and passed them as if they had been at anchor.' " During the following winter, he built... | |
 | Shearjashub Spooner - 1853 - 336 páginas
...had a light breeze against me the whole way, going and coming, so that no use was made of my sails, and the voyage has been performed wholly by the power...many sloops and schooners, beating to windward, and passed them as if they had been at anchor. " The power of propelling boats by steam, is now fully proved.... | |
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