21John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 15 March 1786 (Adams Papers)
...many innovations to improve and utilize the steam engine, and received several patents. In...
22To John Adams from Benjamin Vaughan, 20 April 1786 (Adams Papers)
for grinding corn by means of the steam engine, as difficulties have been feared respecting
23From Thomas Jefferson to Charles Thomson, 22 April 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
for grinding corn by means of the steam engine, as difficulties have been feared respecting
24From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 4 May 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
...new, was the application of the principle of the steam-engine to grist mills. I saw 8. pr....
25From Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 1 February 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
...required to perfect the application of the steam engine to coining,” wrote James Watt of...
26Notes of a Tour into the Southern Parts of France, &c., 3 March–10 June 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
...at Nismes a grist mill worked by a steam engine, which pumps water from a lower into...
27From John Adams to Benjamin Vaughan, [ante 2 April 1787] (Adams Papers)
..., and cannon. Wilkinson supplied the steam-engine cylinders for Matthew Boulton and James...
28To Thomas Jefferson from Francis Hopkinson, 8 July 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
...go forward with Oars, worked by a Steam Engine. He has made several unsuccessful attempts,...
29To George Washington from Thomas Johnson, 16 November 1787 (Washington Papers)
...through the water by the Force of Steam Engines—I have found a Necessity to mention...
30To John Adams from Patrick Miller, 19 November 1787 (Adams Papers)
...my intention to make an Experiment with the Steam Engine as a Power to work my Water Wheel...