 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1818 - 600 páginas
...appearance and progressive motion of this ignivomous ' monster' on the toater, is interesting and amusing. ' She had the most terrific appearance, from other vessels...river, when she was making her passage. The first steam boats, as others yet do, used dry pine wood lor fuel, which sends forth a column of ignited vapour... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1818 - 622 páginas
...appearance and progressive motion of this ignivomous ' monster' on the water, is interesting and amusing. ' She had the most terrific appearance, from other vessels...river, when she was making her passage. The first steam boats, as others yet do, used dry pine wood for fuel, which sends forth a column of ignited vapour... | |
 | 1818 - 606 páginas
...and progressive motion of this ignivonious ' monster' oil the water, is interesting and amusing. * She had the most terrific appearance, from other vessels which were navigating ihe river, when she was making her passage. The first steam boats, as others yet do, used dry pine... | |
 | 1819 - 630 páginas
...on the water, is interesting and amusing. ' She had the most terrific appearance, from other Tessels which were navigating the river, when she was making her passage. The first steam boats, as others yet do, used dry pine wood for fuel, which sends forth a column of ignited vapour... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1830 - 228 páginas
...first appearance are thus decribed, in a quotation made by Mr. Partington from an American work : — " She had the most terrific appearance, from other vessels...wood for fuel, which sends forth a column of ignited vapor, many feet 161 above the flue, and whenever the fire is stirred, a galaxy of sparks flies off,... | |
 | 422 páginas
...thus described by a tourist: " The first steam-boat, as others yet do in America, used dry pine-wood for fuel, which sends forth a column of ignited vapour many feet above the fire, and whenever it is stirred a galaxy of sparks flies off, which in the night have a very brilliant... | |
 | Hugo Reid - 1838 - 234 páginas
...appearance of Fulton's vessel making its way over the waters, was thus described in an American paper:— " She had the most terrific appearance from other vessels which were navigating the river. The first steamers, as others yet do, used dry pine wood for fuel, which sent forth a column of ignited... | |
 | 1839 - 272 páginas
...night, as a monster moving on the waters, defying the winds and tide, and breathing flame and smoke. She had the most terrific appearance from other vessels...passage. The first steam-boats, as others yet do, (in America,) used dry pine wood for fuel, which sends forth a column of name, many feet above the... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - 1842 - 176 páginas
...thus described by an American writer: — "The first steamboats, as others yet do, used dry pine-wood for fuel, which sends forth a column of ignited vapour many feet above the funnel, and when the fire is stirred, a galaxy of sparks flies off, which in the night have a very... | |
 | Edward Morris - 1844 - 200 páginas
...and 173 of Colden's Life of Fulton, as quoted in the London Quarterly Review, No. 19 : " The steamer had the most terrific appearance from other vessels...passage. The first steamboats, as others yet do, used dry pine-wood for fuel, which sends a column of ignited vapour many feet above the flue, and whenever the... | |
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She had the most terrific appearance from other vessels which were navigating the river when she was making her passage. The first... 
