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  • Custom house guide.

    • Text
    • Philadelphia, Arthur Binns, [etc.], -1985.
    • 1880-1985
    • 77 Items
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    Book/text JLM 85-502Offsite
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    Book/text JLM 85-502Offsite
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    Book/text JLM 85-502Offsite
  • Poor John Fitch, inventor of the steamboat, by Thomas Boyd.

    • Text
    • New York, G.P. Putnam's sons [c1935]
    • 1935
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/text AN (Fitch) (Boyd, T. A. Poor John Fitch)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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    Book/text NYGB CT 275 F577 B69Offsite
  • An historical souvenir / presented by the Hudson River Day Line, New York, on Robert Fulton Day, August 17th, 1907, to commemorate the centennial of Fulton's "Clermont", the first successful steamboat in the world, which started up the Hudson at 1 p.m., August 17th, 1807.

    • Text
    • [New York?] : The Day Line, 1907.
    • 1907
    • 1 Item
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    Book/Text IRM (Hudson River) (Historical souvenir)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • A brief narrative, proving the right of the late William Symington ... to be considered the inventor of steam land carriage locomotion : and also the inventor and introducer of steam navigation / by Robert Bowie ; with illustrative drawings, from the originals, by William Symington, junior.

    • Text
    • London : Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1833.
    • 1833
    • 1 Item

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    Book/text VXHD (Bowie, R. Brief narrative)Offsite
  • Remarks on canal navigation, illustrative of the advantages of the use of steam, as a moving power on canals. With an appendix, containing a series of experiments, tables, &c. on which a number of proposed improvements are founded ...

    • Text
    • London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, [etc., etc.] 1831.
    • 1831
    • 2 Items

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    Book/text (Parsons) VDCP (Fairbairn, W. Remarks on canal navigation)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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    Book/text VXHD (Fairbairn, W. Remarks on canal navigation)Offsite
  • The Atlantic ferry, its ships, men, and working.

    • Text
    • London, Whittaker, 1892.
    • 1892
    • 1 Item

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    Book/text VXHD (Maginnis, A. J. Atlantic ferry)Offsite
  • Practical hints for the better navigation and guidance of steam vessels, with a view to the prevention of accidents at sea ... Also a brief account of the steam engine, and some recent improvements in its construction. To which is added, a description of the most remarkable objects upon the sea coasts.

    • Text
    • London, Printed for the author, and sold by J. W. Norie, 1826.
    • 1826
    • 1 Item

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    Book/text VXHD (Waldron, C. Practical hints for the better navigation and guidance of steam vessels)Offsite
  • Oil tank steamers : their working and pumping arrangements thoroughly explained / 43 chapters with 15 diagrams, and new tables for calculating weights of oil and water / by Herbert John White.

    • Text
    • Glasgow : J. Brown & Son, 1925.
    • 1925
    • 1 Item

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    http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433008146007
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    Book/text VXHD (White, H. J. Oil tank steamers. 1925)Offsite
  • An analysis of one hundred voyages to and from India, China, &c., performed by ships in the honorable East India Company's service; with remarks on the advantages of steam-power applied as an auxiliary aid to shipping; and suggestions for improving thereby the communication with India, viâ the Cape of Good Hope. To which is added an appendix, containing a description of Melville's patent propellers, with plans of the engines, machinery, &c. By Henry Wise.

    • Text
    • London, Pub. for the author, by J. W. Norie, 1839.
    • 1839
    • 1 Item

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    Book/text VXHD (Wise, H. Analysis of one hundred voyages to and from India)Offsite
  • Steamship conquest of the world, by Frederick A. Talbot.

    • Text
    • Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company [1912]
    • 1912
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/Text VXH (Talbot, F. A. Steamship conquest of the world) (1912)Offsite
  • A treatise on navigation by steam; comprising a history of the steam engine, and an essay towards a system of the naval tactics peculiar to steam navigation, as applicable both to commerce and maritime warfare; including a comparison of its advantages as related to other systems in the circumstances of speed, safety and economy, but more particularly in that of the national defence. Illustrated with plates and engravings. By Captain John Ross.

    • Text
    • London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; [etc., etc.] 1828.
    • 1828
    • 1 Item
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    Book/text VXHD+ (Ross, J. Treatise of navigation by steam)Offsite
  • A treatise of navigation by steam : comprising a history of the steam engine : and an essay towards a system of the naval tactics peculiar to steam navigation, as applicable both to commerce and maritime warfare / by Sir John Ross.

    • Text
    • London : J. Weale, 1837.
    • 1837
    • 1 Item
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    Book/text VXHD+ (Ross, J. Treatise of navigation by steam)Offsite
  • Note marinare; letture pei marini (con ritratto di Cristoforo Colombo)

    • Text
    • Venezia, F. Ongania, 1892.
    • 1892
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/text VX (Raineri, S. Note marinare)Offsite
  • The modern system of naval architecture, by J. Scott Russell ...

    • Text
    • London, Day and Son [1864-65]
    • 1864-1865
    • 4 Items
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    Book/Text VXH+++ (Russell, J. S. Modern system of naval architecture) plates 1-80Offsite
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    Book/Text VXH+++ (Russell, J. S. Modern system of naval architecture) v. 1 (Text) pp. 1-332Offsite
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    Book/Text VXH+++ (Russell, J. S. Modern system of naval architecture) v. 1 (Text) pp. 333-686Offsite
  • Remarks on steam navigation and its protection, regulation, and encouragement : in a letter to the Right Honourable William Huskisson ... / by Thomas Tredgold.

    • Text
    • London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825.
    • 1825
    • 1 Item
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    Book/text (Parsons) VDCP (Tredgold, T. Remarks on stream navigation and its protection, regulation, and encouragement)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • A description and draught of a new-invented machine for carrying vessels or ships out of, or into any harbour, port, or river, against wind and tide, or in a calm. For which his majesty has granted Letters patent, for the sole benefit of the author, for the space of fourteen years.

    • Text
    • London, Printed for the author, 1737.
    • 1737
    • 2 Items
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    Book/Text (Parsons) VDCP (Hulls, J. Description and draught of a new-invented machine)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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    Book/Text *KC 1737 (Hulls, J. Description and draught of a new-invented machine)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Watt and the steam age, by John W. Grant ... A concise history of the art of steam navigation, mechanical and marine engineering, paddle and screw steamers; reciprocating engines, steam-turbines and electricity.

    • Text
    • London, St. Bride's press, ltd., 1917.
    • 1917
    • 1 Item
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    Book/text VF (Grant, J. W. Watt and the steam age)Offsite
  • Boston and Liverpool : Reports of the American Steamship Company for 1864 and 1865, with list of officers, &c.

    • Text
    • Boston : J.H. Eastburn's Press, 1866.
    • 1866
    • 1 Item

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    http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.ah55lp
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    Book/text TRK (American Steamship Company. Reports)Offsite
  • Ocean steam navigation and the ocean post. By Thomas Rainey.

    • Text
    • New York, D. Appleton & Co.; London, Trübner & Co., 1858.
    • 1858
    • 2 Items
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    Book/text TVC (Rainey, T. Ocean steam navigation and the ocean post)Offsite
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    Book/text TVC (Rainey, T. Ocean steam navigation and the ocean post)Offsite
  • The development of transportation with special reference to the life of Robert Fulton and his successful application of steam to navigation / by Col. H. O. S. Heistand.

    • Text
    • New York : Robert Fulton Monument Association, [1907]
    • 1907
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/text AN p.v. 125Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Ocean steam navigation.

    • Text
    • Boston : [s.n.], 1864.
    • 1864
    • 1 Item
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    Book/Text TR p.v. 36 no. 1-7Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Letter on the importance of steam navigation to the British navy; addressed to Admiral Lord Viscount Exmouth. To which is added, A description of an American steam-frigate. By an officer of the royal navy.

    • Text
    • London, 1821.
    • 1821
  • On the general application of low steam power to all vessels, instead of sails.

    • Text
    • [London?] 1840.
    • 1840
  • The learned donkeys of eighteen hundred and forty seven [microform] : being a review of the reviewers of railway locomotion, and steam navigation : their principles and practice / by John Curr.

    • Text
    • London : J. Williams and Co., 1847.
    • 1847
    • 1 Item
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    Microform *ZV TPE p.v. 1-TPFB p.v. 1Offsite
  • The history of North Atlantic steam navigation [microform] : with some account of early ships and shipowners / by Henry Fry.

    • Text
    • London : Sampson Low, Marston, 1896.
    • 1896
  • Steam navigation, and its relation to the commerce of Canada and the United States [microform].

    • Text
    • Toronto : W. Briggs, 1898.
    • 1970-1898
  • The Atlantic ferry [microform] : its ships, men, and working.

    • Text
    • London : Whittaker, 1892.
    • 1970-1892
  • Ocean steam navigation and the ocean post [electronic resource] / by Thomas Rainey.

    • Text
    • New York : D. Appleton & co. ; London : Trubner & co., 1858.
    • 1858
    • 1 Resource

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  • Specimina ichnographica [electronic resource] : or, a brief narrative of several new inventions, and experiments; particularly, the navigating a ship in a calm, the improvement of the engine to raise water by fire, a new method of drying malt, &c. For all which his Majesty has lately been most graciously pleas'd to grant his Letters Patent to John Allen, M. D.

    • Text
    • London : printed for W. Innys at the West End of St. Paul's, MDCCXXX. [1730]
    • 1730
    • 1 Resource

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    http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?contentSet=ECCOArticles&docType=ECCOArticles&bookId=0965900800&type=getFullCitation&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&version=1.0&source=library&userGroupName=nypl
  • Gilbert H. Montague collection of Robert Fulton manuscripts, 1796-1815.

    • Mixed material
    • 1796-1815
    • 3 Items

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/5ecc85d0-d68d-0134-45ae-00505686d14e
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    Archival mix MssCol 18136Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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    Archival mix MssCol 18136Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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    Archival mix MssCol 18136Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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  • Robert Fulton collection, 1767-1816.

    • Mixed material
    • 1767-1816
    • 3 Items

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    Archival mix MssCol 18244Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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    Archival mix MssCol 18244Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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    Archival mix MssCol 18244Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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  • In Senate of the United States : March 2, 1840 -- Mr. Ruggles submitted the following report (to accompany bill S. No. 247).

    • Text
    • [Washington] : Blair & Rives, printers, [1840]
    • 1840
    • 1 Item
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    Book/Text VF p.v. 1 no. 1-4Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The Life of Robert Fulton / by Cadwallader D. Colden ; illustrated by Thos. Addis Emmet M.D., 1887.

    • Mixed material
    • 1887
    • 2 Items

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    Archival Mix MssCol 18116 folder 1Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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    Archival Mix MssCol 18116 volume 1Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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  • Correspondence respecting the steam vessels which were intended to form the expedition to Greece, under the command of Lord Cochrane : together with copies of the original agreements entered into with his Lordship and with Mr. galloway, the Engineer.

    • Text
    • London : Effingham Wilson, 1827.
    • 1827
    • 1 Item
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    Book/text *C p.v. 130Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Poor John Fitch, inventor of the steamboat / by Thomas Boyd.

    • Text
    • New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1935], [©1935]
    • 1935-1935
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 973.209 F553Off-site
  • De la navigation à vapeur.

    • Text
    • Paris, 1867.
    • 1867
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/Text 621.12 R15Off-site
  • The modern system of naval architecture / by J. Scott Russell.

    • Text
    • London : Day and son, [1864-65]
    • 1864
    • 3 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/Text 699 R91 F v.1Off-site
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/Text 699 R91 F v.2Off-site
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/Text 699 R91 F v.3Off-site
  • An analysis of one hundred voyages to and from India, China, &c. : performed by ships in the honorable East India Company\u0027s service; with remarks on the advantages of steam-power applied as an auxiliary aid to shipping; and suggestions for improving thereby the communication with India, viâ the Cape of Good Hope / To which is added an appendix, containing a description of Melville\u0027s patent propellers, with plans of the engines, machinery, &c. By Henry Wise.

    • Text
    • London : Pub. for the author, by J. W. Norie, 1839.
    • 1839
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/Text 565 W75Off-site
  • Steam propulsion developments / with sections on naval architectural features.

    • Text
    • Liverpool : "The Journal of commerce and shipping telegraph", 1933.
    • 1933
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 621.12 F41Off-site
  • Ocean steam navigation and the ocean post / By Thomas Rainey.

    • Text
    • New York : D. Appleton & Co.; London : Trübner & Co., 1858.
    • 1858
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/Text 383 R13Off-site
  • Ocean steam navigation.

    • Text
    • Boston : [s.n.], 1864.
    • 1864
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Econ 4268.1 Off-site
  • Essai sur l'art de la navigation par la vapeur.

    • Text
    • Paris, Bachelier, 1820.
    • 1820
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/Text Eng 5188.20Off-site
  • Steamship conquest of the world / by Frederick A. Talbot.

    • Text
    • Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1912.
    • 1912
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Eng 5189.13.5Off-site
  • The past, present and future of Atlantic Ocean steam navigation, read before Fredericton Athenaeum, June 15, 1857.

    • Text
    • Fredericton, J. Simpson, 1857.
    • 846
    • 1 Item

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    http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.FIG:005190884
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    Book/Text Econ 4279.11Off-site
  • An historical souvenir / presented by the Hudson River Day Line, New York, on Robert Fulton Day, August 17th, 1907, to commemorate the centennial of Fulton's "Clermont", the first successful steamboat in the world, which started up the Hudson at 1 p.m., August 17th, 1807.

    • Text
    • [New York?] : The Day Line, 1907.
    • 1907
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text US 2438.25.6Off-site
  • Steam and its uses : including the steam engine, the locomotive, and steam navigation / by Dionysius Lardner.

    • Text
    • London : Walton and Maberly, 1856.
    • 1856
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/Text Eng 2698.56.5Off-site
  • Notes for a history of steam navigation.

    • Text
    • Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1881.
    • 1881
    • 2 Items

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    http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.FIG:006361585
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    Book/Text Eng 5188.81Off-site
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    Book/Text KG 5869Off-site
  • Le marquis de Jouffroy d'Abbans : inventeur de l'application de la vapeur à la navigation / J.-C. Alfred Prost.

    • Text
    • Paris : E. Leroux, 1889.
    • 1889
    • 1 Item

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    http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.FIG:006362928
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    Book/Text Eng 84.1Off-site
  • Nouveau système de navigation fondé sur le prinicipe de l'émergence des corps ronds roulant sur l'eau; hydro-locomotives à grande vitisse, porties sur des cylindres ronlants; vol à la surface de l'eau.

    • Text
    • Paris, Librairie nouvelle, 1854.
    • 1854
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/Text Eng 5308.54.3Off-site
  • A treatise on navigation by steam; comprising a history of the steam engine, and an essay towards a system of the naval tactics peculiar to steam navigation, as applicable both to commerce and maritime warfare; including a comparison of its advantages as related to other systems in the circumstances of speed, safety and economy, but more particularly in that of the national defence. Illustrated with plates and engravings. By Captain John Ross.

    • Text
    • London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; [etc., etc.] 1828.
    • 1828
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/Text Eng 5188.28Off-site
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