steamship

I renew my recommendation of two years ago for the passage of a bill for the refunding to certain German steamship lines of the interest upon tonnage dues illegally exacted.

State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.

The claims for interest upon the amount of tonnage dues illegally exacted from certain German steamship lines were favorably reported in both Houses of Congress at the last session, and I trust will receive final and favorable action at an early day.

State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.

Another steamship is launched, and the potent store is almost gone.

The Breakfast of the Birds, and Other Stories 1947

I renew my recommendation of two years ago for the passage of a bill for the refunding to certain German steamship lines of the interest upon tonnage dues illegally exacted.

State of the Union Address Grover Cleveland 1872

The claims for interest upon the amount of tonnage dues illegally exacted from certain German steamship lines were favorably reported in both Houses of Congress at the last session, and I trust will receive final and favorable action at an early day.

State of the Union Address Grover Cleveland 1872

The signal of another steamship is a warning of the one; the answering echo announces the nearness of the other.

Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Jewett Castello Gilson

To compete in two of its specialties with the cradle of the common school and the steamship is a step that tells of the bold Scandinavian spirit.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 Various

But looking at the matter conversely, the great disadvantage of the flying machine is apparent; for in the latter no flight at all is possible unless the proportion of horse-power to flying capacity is very high; but on the other hand a steamship is a mechanical success if its ratio of horse-power to tonnage is insignificant.

A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914

But looking at the matter conversely, the great disadvantage of the flying machine is apparent; for in the latter no flight at all is possible unless the proportion of horse-power to flying capacity is very high; but on the other hand a steamship is a mechanical success if its ratio of horse-power to tonnage is insignificant.

The Early History of the Airplane Orville Wright 1909

It was only by this that it could be made practicable, so that the steamship is the product of the steam-engine, and it is to

James Watt Andrew Carnegie 1877