A treatise on the improvement of canal navigation
exhibiting the numerous advantages to be derived from small canals and boats of two to five feet wide, containing from two to five tons burthen : with a description of the machinery for facilitating conveyance by water through the most mountainous countries, independent of locks and aqueducts : including observations on the great importance of water communications, with thoughts on and designs for aqueducts and bridges of iron and wood : illustrated with seventeen plates
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Author
Contributions
- Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Contributor
- Jerry and Gene Jones Jefferson Collection (Library of Congress) - Contributor
Publication
1796 - Published by I. & J. Taylor ..., London, England
Language
English
Word Count
36,000 words, Guess
Page Count
144 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL30108684M
- OCLC Control Number1136378389
- OCLC Control Number795693
- OCLC Control Number6774331
- OCLC Control Number1755620
and 2 more
- Internet Archivegpl_1755620
- Library of Congress Control Number05002379
Classifications
- LCCTC744 .F97
- LCCTC844 .F98
Subjects
Other Editions
- A treatise on the improvement of canal navigation: exhibiting the numerous advantages to be derived from small canals and boats of two to five feet wide, containing from two to five tons burthen : with a description of the machinery for facilitating conveyance by water through the most mountainous countries, independent of locks and aqueducts : including observations on the great importance of water communications, with thoughts on and designs for aqueducts and bridges of iron and wood : illustrated with seventeen plates
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