Research Catalog

Title

A description of the American marine rail-way as constructed at New York by Mr. John Thomas, naval architect [electronic resource] : with explanations of its principle and manifestations of its safety for ships of war : to which is annexed the report of the Committee of Inventions of the Franklin Institute to whom the above subject was referred / by John L. Sullivan.

Author

Sullivan, John L. (John Langdon), 1777-1865.

Publication

Philadelphia : Jesper Harding, printer, 1827.

Details

Additional Authors

Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.). Committee of Inventions.

Description

16 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Thomas, John, Navy agent
• Ship-railroads > New York (State) > New York

Note

• "Extracted from the 'Franklin journal' for February, 1827."
• Presentation copy from the author, signed on cover.
• Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
• Sabin no. 93521.

Indexed In (note)

• RLIN

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

CTRG00-B1367

Author

Sullivan, John L. (John Langdon), 1777-1865.

Title

A description of the American marine rail-way as constructed at New York by Mr. John Thomas, naval architect [electronic resource] : with explanations of its principle and manifestations of its safety for ships of war : to which is annexed the report of the Committee of Inventions of the Franklin Institute to whom the above subject was referred / by John L. Sullivan.

Imprint

Philadelphia : Jesper Harding, printer, 1827.

Indexed In:

RLIN, CTRG00-B1367

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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Added Author

Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.). Committee of Inventions.