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" A Description and Draught of a new-invented Machine, for carrying Vessels or Ships out of, or into, any Harbour, Port, or River, against Wind and Tide, or in a calm. "
Catalogue of the Science Library in the South Kensington Museum - Page 396
by South Kensington Museum. Science Library - 1891 - 501 pages
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On the Nature, Properties, and Applications of Steam, and on Steam ...

John Scott Russell - 1841 - 436 pages
...published by Hulls in 1737, under the following title : A Description and Draught of a new invented Machine for carrying Vessels or Ships out of or into...Port, or River, against Wind and Tide or in a Calm. He introduces his description by a concise view of the principles of experimental philosophy ; in which...
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The Penny Mechanic, and the Chemist, Volume 2

1837 - 800 pages
...steam boat. As far lack as the 21st of December, 1"36, .Mr. Jonathan Hulls took out a patent for " A New-invented Machine for carrying Vessels or Ships out of, or into, uiy Harbour, Port, or River, against irind and tide, or in a calm ;'* and in the fallowing year a pamphlefcftvas...
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A Manual of the Steam Engine

Richard Dennis Hoblyn - 1842 - 348 pages
...first application of steam to navigation was suggested by Jonathan Hulls, in a pamphlet entitled, ' ' A description and draught of a newinvented machine for...or into any harbour, port, or river, against wind or tide, or in a calm." His plan of adapting a vertical to a rotatory motion, is shown in the adjoined...
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The Life of Henry Bell: The Practical Introducer of the Steam-boat Into ...

Edward Morris - 1844 - 228 pages
...when Mr. Jonathan Hulls, an Englishman of Exeter, took out a patent for what he termed "a new invented machine for carrying vessels or ships out of, or into any harbour, port, or river, against wind or tide, or in a calm." This scheme ended in no practical good, and very likely the iuventer would...
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A Descriptive History of the Town of Evesham, from the Foundation of Its ...

George May (of Evesham, Eng.) - 1845 - 576 pages
...his steam-boat, copies of which are now become extremely rare. The title of this publication is "a description and draught of a new-invented machine,...port or river, against wind and tide, or in a calm : by Jonathan Hulls."657 The ridicule with which this attempt was greeted here at the time, is traditionally...
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The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Lanark

1845 - 988 pages
...attention of men of mechanical genius. In 1 736, Mr Jonathan Hulls obtained a patent for " a new invented machine for carrying vessels or ships out of or into...port, or river, against wind and tide, or in a calm;" but this scheme did not succeed. In 1781, the Marquis de Fouffroy made some unsuccessful experiments...
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Sharpe's London magazine, a journal of entertainment and ..., Volumes 13-14

Anna Maria Hall - 842 pages
...in December 1736, and published an account of his machine in the following year, under this title " Description and Draught of a new-invented Machine, for carrying Vessels or Ships against wind and tide, or in a calm, &c." The " Draught " represents a strong boat, with a smoking...
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The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopædia: Comprehending Practical ...

Luke Hebert - 1846 - 944 pages
...by Hulls, in the same year, under the following title, " A description and draught of a new invented machine for carrying vessels, or ships, out of, or into any harbour, port, or river, against wind or tide, or in a calm." His plan was to impart a rotatory movement to a paddle wheel (placed at the...
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Early days; or, The Wesleyan scholar's guide

1873 - 744 pages
...Hulls, who, in 1737, published a little book, called " A Description and Draught of a new - invented Machine for carrying Vessels or Ships out of or into any harbour, port, or river, against wind or tide, or in a calm." The "Draught," or drawing, represents a boat, with a paddlewheel at the hinder...
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An Auto-biographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart., Late of the Admiralty ...

Sir John Barrow - 1847 - 544 pages
...themselves, there was printed in London a small volume, bearing date 1737, under the following title : — ' Description and Draught of a newinvented Machine for...or into any harbour, port, or river, against wind or tide, or in a calm ; for which his Majesty George II. has granted letters patent for the benefit...
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