Letter on the importance of steam navigation to the British navy : addressed to Admiral Lord Viscount : to which is added, A description of an American steam-frigate / by an officer of the Royal Navy.
Published / Created:
London : [Publisher not identified], 1821.[London] : Printed by T. Cope, 3, Long Acre
Physical Description:
27, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Report of Henry Rutgers, Samuel L. Mitchill, and Thomas Morris, the Commissioners superintending the construction of a steam vessel of war, to the Secretary of the Navy": pages [17]-27. The report chronicles development of the Demologus (1814-1815) by Robert Fulton, the first warship to be propelled by a steam engine. The ship was renamed Fulton upton Robert Fulton's death.
Subject Terms:
Exmouth, Edward Pellew, Viscount, 1757–1833. | Fulton, Robert, 1765–1815. | Great Britain. Royal Navy | Steam-navigation -- Great Britain. | Steamboats -- Great Britain. | Warships. | Cope, T. -- Printer.
Contributors:
Greenhill, Elizabeth, 1907–2006, binder. | Rutgers, Henry, 1745–1830, writer of added text. | Mitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham), 1764–1831, writer of added text. | Morris, Thomas, writer of added text.