. English: Fleuron from book: A treatise of universal inland navigations, and the use of all sorts of mines. A work entirely new. Recommended to the inhabitants of Great-Britain and Ireland. Plainly demonstrating the possibility of making any river and stream of running water in the world navigable, by Canals of a New Construction, without Locks and Dams, with Estimations of the Expence of he making thereof per Mile in Length. Together With The Construction, Explanation, and Use, of a New Invented Mechanical and Hydraulical Machine, for island Navigation of this New Construction, which will ra
. English: Fleuron from book: A treatise of universal inland navigations, and the use of all sorts of mines. A work entirely new. Recommended to the inhabitants of Great-Britain and Ireland. Plainly demonstrating the possibility of making any river and stream of running water in the world navigable, by Canals of a New Construction, without Locks and Dams, with Estimations of the Expence of he making thereof per Mile in Length. Together With The Construction, Explanation, and Use, of a New Invented Mechanical and Hydraulical Machine, for island Navigation of this New Construction, which will raise, on [an] Inclined Plane, Boats ... Lighte ... and cargoes all at once, even to Fifty Fathoms in Perpendicular, without unloading. To which is added a supplement, Plainly demonstrating the Possibility ... Means whereby a Ship of any Size may be Launched at any Time, except at Low Ebb, without waiting for the Time of High Water; together with ... Construction, Explanation, and Use of a Machine for that Purpose, ... to shew the Lower and Force required to draw or roll a Ship up upon a Launch of any Size, not more than Two Thousand Tons. 233 A treatise of universal inland navigations, and the use of all sorts of mines Fleuron T123391-2
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