...FEB. 26, 1838. JONATHAN HULLS, in 1736, took out a patent for " carrying vessels and ships out of and into any " harbour, port, or river, against wind and tide, or in " a calm." In the following year he published a description of his method, which consisted in towing them by a...

...book, published in 1737, entitled ' 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,' and in it recognize at once the STEAM BOAT, by its paddle-wheels, its smoking chimney, and the tow-rope...

...now extremely scarce, entitled, " 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 or Tide, or in a Calm." He contrived a method of converting the reciprocating motion of the piston...

...1737, under the following title : 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. He introduces his description by a concise view of the principles of experimental philosophy ; in which...

...Hulls, in a pamphlet entitled, ' ' A description and draught of a newinvented machine for carrying vessels or ships out of or into any harbour, port, or river, against wind or tide, or in a calm." His plan of adapting a vertical to a rotatory motion, is shown in the adjoined...

...an Englishman of Exeter, took out a patent for what he termed "a new invented machine for carrying vessels or ships out of, or into any harbour, port, or river, against wind or tide, or in a calm." This scheme ended in no practical good, and very likely the inventer would...

...The title of this publication is "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 : by Jonathan Hulls."667 The ridicule with which this attempt wag greeted here at the time, is traditionally...

...mechanical genius. In 1736, Mr Jonathan Hulls obtained a patent for " 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;" but this scheme did not succeed. In 1781, the Marquis de Fouffroy made some unsuccessful experiments...

...published a little book, called " 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 or tide, or in a calm." The "Draught," or drawing, represents a boat, with a paddlewheel at the hinder...

...1737, under the following title : — ' Description and Draught of a newinvented Machine for carrying vessels or ships out of or into any harbour, port, or river, against wind or tide, or in a calm ; for which his Majesty George II. has granted letters patent for the benefit...