1To Benjamin Franklin from F. and Anton Georg Eckhardt frères, 25 November 1777: résumé (Franklin Papers)
...our subscribers in France. We include a memorandum about a capstan of our design. ...capstan...
2Samuel Tucker to the Commissioners, 11 April 1778 (Adams Papers)
...or large flat-bottomed barge equipped with cranes, capstans, and tackle and used for careening...
3[June 1779] (Adams Papers)
to “capstan.”
4June 28 Monday. (Adams Papers)
to “capstan.”
...opposite Ports of the Main deck to the Capstans; by means of which they were very conveniently...
6To John Adams from Patrick Miller, 14 April 1787 (Adams Papers)
...operated by crew at the ship’s capstans. Miller distributed his publication widely, sending...
7To John Adams from Patrick Miller, 19 November 1787 (Adams Papers)
...of four miles per hour while five men at the capstan powered a waterwheel in a calm. Jay laid
8Notes of a Tour through Holland and the Rhine Valley, 3 March–23 April 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
...mechanics, stated that “the word windlass or capstan would convey a more distinct idea to our...
9Enclosure: Ferdinand R. Hassler’s List of Scientific lnstruments Procured for the United States Coast Survey, November … (Jefferson Papers)
: “capstan” (
10Rodolph Schaer to Thomas Jefferson, 25 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
is probably derived from “cabestan,” meaning “capstan.”