Excerpt from Index to the Miscellaneous Documents of the House of Representatives: For the First Session of the Forty-Eighth Congress 1883-'84; In Forty Volumes In presenting this subject, which is so purely technical in its charac ter, I realize the difficulty in making myself fully understood. I will endeavor however, to explain as clearly as possible the origin, develop ment, and principles of my invention for ocean steamships and other vessels, set forth very brie y in the memorial before your honorable committee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."