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Can Eiiglibl) ep,'.^inecrs believe thi^, when they are 

 informcil that the cylinder of this ci gine, is only nine 

 inehfs in diamcici-, the stri.ke of th> jiiston tliree feet. 

 ]f tliey could beiicve it, they would ae'knoulcdj^c that 

 my prini'ip!o. is t!ic only one now in use, suitable for 

 propelling boats vp the ?dissispj"ij)i^ as well as jM-cfora- 

 b!e for every other purpose. 



Truly there has not been this enirine's equal; for it is 

 ten times as powei'ful as the best Eng-lish engine, of 

 equal dimensions, and so simple in its structure, that, 

 an Irish weaver, employed to a-, sist in constructing it, 

 became master of every part of th.e work, and can build 

 one as <:ood, aad alte;ui it as \\ rll as any nan. It 

 has no equal excepting" one whose cylinder is 9 2-10 in 

 di;'.meter, and 3ft. 2 in. stroke, uhieh 1 have sir.ce ap- 

 p!i(>d to grinci grain in litsburg, in eo w'ilh ^]r. Owen 

 Evans, who is among the first willing to lisl: hiis mo- 

 ney on a new thing ; v»ith this engine 1 would engage 

 to grind 480 bushels what in tucnty-fonr hours. 



\\ hen 1 reOect on the expenee of time, labor and 

 noney th.at it has cost me, the many difiicnlties J have 

 met with, in getting this improvement into use, one eal. 

 culated to render this country more benefits than any 

 other yet made — When steam boats on the Mississ![»i 

 t-hal! become as numerous as other ciaft on the Dela- 

 ware. j)erformii]g a voyage in 5 dajs, which now re- 

 rcquires thirty, moving with |>ower from 100 to 500 or 

 more men — When 1 view the progress I have been 

 able to make in 27 years, and find the minds of many 

 as firmly shut against the hghl as ever, 1 am astonished, 

 and believe, 1 am justly entitled to both the honors, 

 and profits, of my nnprovemcnt, if any is ever to be 

 received. 



1 have been agitated between hope and despair, res- 

 pecting the application of my improvements to boats 

 on the jNlississippi, during my life, which was originally 

 and always my principal object, and next to it a steam 

 mill iu Pittsburg; the one is accomplished, and su wili 



