 My steamboat voyage to Albany and back has turned out rather more favourable than I had calculated. The distance from New York to Albany is one hundred and fifty miles : I ran it up in thirty-two hours, and down in thirty. I had a light breeze against...  The Life of Robert Fulton - Σελίδα 175των Cadwallader David Colden - 1817 - 371 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 1808 - 356 σελίδες
...of this country. TO JOEL BARLOW, PHILADELPHIA. York, Aug. 22, 1807. M\j dear Friend. My steam boat voyage to Albany and back has turned out rather more...calculated. The distance from New York to Albany is 150 miles ; I ran it up in 32 hours, and down in 30 hours. The latter is just five miles an hour. I... | |
 | James Stuart - 1833 - 552 σελίδες
...that experimental voyage, is extremely interesting. " New York, August 2, 1807. " MY DEAR FRIEND, " My steam-boat voyage to Albany and back has turned...calculated. The distance from New York to Albany is 150 miles ; I ran it up in thirty-two hours, and down in thirty hours ; the latter is just five miles... | |
 | William Dunlap - 1834 - 450 σελίδες
...printing excepied. He thus writes to his friend Joel Barlow: "NewYork, Aug. 2, 1807. My dear friend, my steam-boat voyage to Albany and back, has turned...favourable than I had calculated. The distance from New-York to Albany is 150 miles ; I ran it np in thirty-two hours, and down in thirty hours, the latter... | |
 | William Dunlap - 1834 - 448 σελίδες
...printing excepted. He thus writes to his friend Joel Barlow: " NewYork, Aug. 2, 1807. My dear friend, my steam-boat voyage to Albany and back, has turned...out rather more favourable than I had calculated. Tlie distance from New- York to Albany is ISO miles ; I ran it up in thirty-two hours, and down in... | |
 | 1835 - 398 σελίδες
...printing exccpted. He thus writes to his friend, Joel Barlow : " New-York, August 2, 1807. My dear friend, my steamboat voyage to Albany and back has turned out rather more favorable than I had calculated. The distance from New- York to Albany is 150 miles ; I ran it up in... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1840 - 492 σελίδες
...Albany. Mr. Fulton gives the following account of this voyage in a letter to his friend, Mr. Barlow. " My steamboat voyage to Albany and back, has turned out rather more favorable than I had calculated. The distance from New York to Albany is one hundred and fifty miles... | |
 | Royal Scottish Society of Arts - 1856 - 860 σελίδες
...Fulton gives the following account of the same voyage in a letter to his friend Mr Barlow : — '' My steam-boat voyage to Albany and back has turned...calculated. The distance from New York to Albany is 150 miles. I ran it up in thirty-two hours, and down in thirty. I had a light breeze against me the... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1842 - 516 σελίδες
...friend, Mr. Barlow. " My steamboat voyage to Albany and back, has turned out rather more favorable than I had calculated. The distance from New York...and fifty miles ; I ran it up in thirty-two hours, and down in thirty. I had a light breeze against me the whole way, both going and coming, and the voyage... | |
 | 1846 - 632 σελίδες
...have seen yet." Fulton, in his letter to Barlow, (22d August, 1807,) adds to these reminiscences : " My steamboat voyage to Albany, and back, has turned out rather more favorable than I had calculated. The distance to Albany is one hundred and fifty miles. I ran up in... | |
 | 1828 - 462 σελίδες
...180". Jtfy dear friend: My steam boat voyage to Albany and back, has turned out rather more favorable than I had calculated. The distance from New York to Albany is 150 miles; I ran it up in 32 hours, and down in 30 hours. The latter is just five miles an hour. I... | |
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