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 - Seite 175von Cadwallader David Colden - 1817 - 371 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1808 - 356 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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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