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 / by R. Fulton, civil engineer.
Published / Created:
London : Published by I. & J. Taylor at the Architectural Library, High Holborn, 1796.
Physical Description:
xvi, 144 pages, 17 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
View the catalog record for letters from Robert Fulton to Edmund Cartwright
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12639300
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by and after Robert Fulton.
Subject Terms:
Canals -- Early works to 1800. | Inland navigation -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Inland water transportation -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Fulton, Robert -- ALS to Edmund Cartwright. | Cartwright, Edmund -- ALS from Robert Fulton.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1796.
Contributors:
I. and J. Taylor's Architectural Library (London, England), publisher.