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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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11 | Fleming, George | Jefferson, Thomas | George Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, 10 February 1816 | 1816-02-10 | ...more simple than the construction of a steam engine for all, perhaps more domestic purposes... |
12 | Rumsey, James | Washington, George | To George Washington from James Rumsey, 15 May 1788 | 1788-05-15 | ...description of an improved boiler for a steam engine, as also drawings and descriptions” of... |
13 | Pleasants, James B. | Washington, George | To George Washington from James B. Pleasants, 5 May … | 1790-05-05 | ...d to apply the force: in a Common Steam Engine the force is communicated by the recuring movem... |
14 | Jefferson, Thomas | Waterhouse, Benjamin | Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Waterhouse, 3 March 1818 | 1818-03-03 | machines; steam engine [index entry] Newcomen, Thomas; steam engine of [index entry] |
15 | Evans, Oliver | Madison, James | To James Madison from Oliver Evans, 8 March 1814 | 1814-03-08 | ...applying the great elastic power of Steam to Steam engines) by applying one of his engines to... |
16 | Cooper, William | Jefferson, Thomas | William Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 24 November 1813 | 1813-11-24 | I purpose to move it by a steam engine of 3 feet cylinder...guns ammunition, steam engine, fuel,... |
17 | Fulton, Robert | Jefferson, Thomas | Robert Fulton to Thomas Jefferson, 29 June 1813 | 1813-06-29 | steam engines,...and perhaps finally for sea service I have combined a Steam engine with this |
18 | Jefferson, Thomas | Livingston, Robert R. | From Thomas Jefferson to Robert R. Livingston, 23 … | 1799-02-23 | favor on the subject of the Steam engine...have often wished a steam-engine could be adapted.... |
19 | Fleming, George | Jefferson, Thomas | George Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, 30 October 1815 | 1815-10-30 | Fleming, George; and steam engines [index entry] machines; steam engine [index entry] |
20 | Livingston, Robert R. | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Robert R. Livingston, 4 June … | 1800-06-04 | ...is the sketch of a Steam engine which certainly avoids many of the inconveniences of Docr... |