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A short treatise on the application of steam : whereby is clearly shewn, from actual experiments that steam may be applied to propel boats or vessels of any burthen against rapid currents with great velocity great velocity [sic] : the same principles are also introduced with effect by a machine of a simple and che[a]p construction, for the purpose of raising water sufficient for the working of grist-mills, saw-mills, &c. and for watering meadows and other purposes of agriculture /

A short treatise on the application of steam : whereby is clearly shewn, from actual experiments that steam may be applied to propel boats or vessels of any burthen against rapid c...

by Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792
Published 1788

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Remarks on Mr. John Fitch's reply to Mr. James Rumsey's pamphlet /

Remarks on Mr. John Fitch's reply to Mr. James Rumsey's pamphlet /

by Barnes, Joseph
Published 1788

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Navigation improv'd: or, The art of rowing ships of all rates, in calms, with a more easy, swift, and steady motion, than oars can. Also, a description of the engine that performs it; and the author's answer to all Mr. Dummer's objections that have been made against it.

Navigation improv'd: or, The art of rowing ships of all rates, in calms, with a more easy, swift, and steady motion, than oars can. Also, a description of the engine that performs...

by Savery, Thomas, 1650?-1715
Published 1698

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Epitome of the whole art of navigation : or, a short, easy, and methodical way to become a complete navigator and astronomer; containing an introduction to decimal and logarithmic arithmetic, practical geometry, trigonometry plane and spheric, geometrically, and logarithmically, with their uses in navigation viz. in plane, Mercator's and middle latitude sailing, geography and nautical astronomy ; illustrated with charts and diagrams ; with an introduction to the lunar method of determining the longitude at sea. The Gregorian or new calendar, description and use of the plane chart, Mercator's chart, also of Haley's octant and sextant. A table of the latitude and longitude of places ; tables of latitude and departure to every quarter point and degree of the compass to 300 miles distance ; a table of meridional parts, solar tables, natural sines, &c. &c. also, a table of 10,860 logarithms, and logarithmic sines tangents, and secants /

Epitome of the whole art of navigation : or, a short, easy, and methodical way to become a complete navigator and astronomer; containing an introduction to decimal and logarithmic...

by Atkinson, James, active 1667-1715
Published 1790

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A plan wherein the power of steam is fully shewn : by a new constructed machine for propelling boats or vessels of any burthen against the most rapid streams or rivers, with great velocity : also a machine, constructed on similar philosophical principles, by which water may be raised for grist or saw-mills, watering of meadows, [et]c. [et]c. /

A plan wherein the power of steam is fully shewn : by a new constructed machine for propelling boats or vessels of any burthen against the most rapid streams or rivers, with great...

by Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792
Published 1788

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The original steam-boat supported, or, A reply to James Rumsey's pamphlet : shewing the true priority of John Fitch, and the false datings, &c. of James Rumsey.

The original steam-boat supported, or, A reply to James Rumsey's pamphlet : shewing the true priority of John Fitch, and the false datings, &c. of James Rumsey.

by Fitch, John, 1743-1798
Published 1788

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The book of Michael of Rhodes : a fifteenth-century maritime manuscript /

The book of Michael of Rhodes : a fifteenth-century maritime manuscript /

by Michael, of Rhodes, -1445
Published 2009

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De la manoeuvre des vaisseaux : ou traité de méchanique et de dynamique dans lequel on réduit a des solutions très-simples les problêmes de marine les plus difficiles, qui ont pour objet le mouvement du navire /

De la manoeuvre des vaisseaux : ou traité de méchanique et de dynamique dans lequel on réduit a des solutions très-simples les problêmes de marine les plus difficiles, qui ont...

by Bouguer, M. (Pierre), 1698-1758
Published 1757

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Nouvelle methode abregeé et facile pour réduire les routes de navigation, par les tables de loxodromie, calculeés pour la premiere fois en lieuës de France : avec une petite tablr diviseée en demi & quart de rumb de vent, pour les routes entre deux loxodromies, & une autre table qui réduit les lieuës de longitude en degrez & minutes sur chaque parallele, Presentée à S. A. S. Monseigneur le Comte de Toulouse, Prince du Sang, Duc de Penthiévre, de Damville, de Châteauvillian, & de Rambouillet, Gouverneur & Lieutenant General pour le Roy en sa Province de Bretange, Pair & Amiral de France /

Nouvelle methode abregeé et facile pour réduire les routes de navigation, par les tables de loxodromie, calculeés pour la premiere fois en lieuës de France : avec une petite ta...

by Le Mare, Pierre, fl. 1716
Published 1716

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Traité du navire : de sa construction, et de ses mouvemens /

Traité du navire : de sa construction, et de ses mouvemens /

by Bouguer, M. (Pierre), 1698-1758
Published 1746

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El marinero instruido en el arte de navegar, especulativo y practico, que para la enseñanza de los colegiales del Real Seminario de San Telmo

El marinero instruido en el arte de navegar, especulativo y practico, que para la enseñanza de los colegiales del Real Seminario de San Telmo

by Barreda, Francisco de, piloto principal
Published 1786

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Le guide du navigateur : ou traité de la pratique des observations et des caculs nécessaires au navigateur. Orné de figures en taille douce /

Le guide du navigateur : ou traité de la pratique des observations et des caculs nécessaires au navigateur. Orné de figures en taille douce /

by Lévêque, Pierre, 1746-1814
Published 1779

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Élémens de l'architecture navale : ou Traité pratique de la construction des vaisseaux /

Élémens de l'architecture navale : ou Traité pratique de la construction des vaisseaux /

by Duhamel du Monceau, M., 1700-1782
Published 1758

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Marine architecture : directions for carrying on a ship (1739) /

Marine architecture : directions for carrying on a ship (1739) /

Published 1993

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The ready observator, or, An infallible method for determining the latitude at sea : by altitudes of the sun, at any time of the day, either fore-noon or after-noon, independent of meridional observation. The whole rendered peculiarly easy for practice, and annexed with a compleat and correct sett of all the necessary tables; viz logarithmic, solar tables, sun's declination, nautical sines, secants less radius, and logarithms /

The ready observator, or, An infallible method for determining the latitude at sea : by altitudes of the sun, at any time of the day, either fore-noon or after-noon, independent of...

by Falck, N. D. (Nikolai Detlef), 1736-1783
Published 1771

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English maritime books printed before 1801 : relating to ships, their construction and their operation at sea : including articles in the Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society and the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society /

English maritime books printed before 1801 : relating to ships, their construction and their operation at sea : including articles in the Philosophical transactions of the Royal So...

by Adams, Thomas Randolph, 1921-2008
Published 1995

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Questa e una opera necessaria a tutti li naviga[n]ti (1490) /

Questa e una opera necessaria a tutti li naviga[n]ti (1490) /

by Cà da Mosto, Alvise, 1432-1488
Published 1992

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Speculum nauticum, a looking glasse for sea-men /

Speculum nauticum, a looking glasse for sea-men /

by Aspley, John
Published 1977

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A sea grammar /

A sea grammar /

by Smith, John, 1580-1631
Published 1968

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The seamans secrets (1633) /

The seamans secrets (1633) /

by Davis, John, 1550?-1605
Published 1992

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