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Letter Addressed to Canal Proprietors: On the Practicability of Employing Steam Power on Canals (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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9781331959090: Letter Addressed to Canal Proprietors: On the Practicability of Employing Steam Power on Canals (Classic Reprint)

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The numerous attempts that have been made to overcome the difficulties which oppose them selves to the employment of steam 'as a pro pelling power, in canal navigation, have hitherto proved so unavailing, that I should scarcely have ventured to express the conviction which I entertain, that this most desirable object has been at length accomplished, had I not found myself supported in that opinion by two pro fessional gentlemen, 'of acknowledged talent and experience, whose report on the subject I have subjoined.

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