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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Small, William | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from William Small, 19 October … | 1769-10-19 | ...had recently been associated with James Watt in developing the steam engine. See above, |
| 12 | Williams, Jonathan Jr. | Journal of Jonathan Williams, Jr., of His Tour with … | 1771-05-28 | ...his momentous partnership with James Watt to produce a workable steam engine. | |
| 13 | Cuthbert, John | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from John Cuthbert, 30 July 1773 | 1773-07-30 | ...engine, a forerunner of Watt’s steam engine, is described at length with two full-... |
| 14 | Young, Thomas | Adams, John | To John Adams from Thomas Young, 2 August 1775 | 1775-08-02 | That is, a steam engine ( |
| 15 | Cooke, Nicholas | Washington, George | To George Washington from Nicholas Cooke, 30 August … | 1775-08-30 | ...was a skillful technician interested in architecture, electricity, steam engines, and other... |
| 16 | Blakey, William | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from William Blakey, 9 January … | 1778-01-09 | ..., and his specialty is the coal-fired steam engine; he has traveled widely in western... |
| 17 | Franklin, Benjamin | Franklin’s Journal, [18 December 1780–29 January 1781] | ≈1780-12-18 | .... The waterworks were to be powered by steam engines, built according to plans furnished by... | |
| 18 | Le Roy, Jean-Baptiste | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Le Roy, [1781 or after] | ≈1781-01-01 | ...(or “machine à feu,” the common terms for steam engine). |
| 19 | Jefferson, Thomas | Madison, Rev. James | From Thomas Jefferson to the Rev. James Madison, 2 … | 1785-10-02 | ...s digester. It would have been better called the Steam engine. The force of the steam of water... |
| 20 | Jefferson, Thomas | Memorandum Books, 1786 | ≈1786-01-01 | had viewed the two immense single-acting Watt steam engines which supplied the |