Author: (Pirsson, J. P.). Stewart, Commodore Charles; Thompson, A. W.; Sewell, William; et al.
Title: Address to the Government of the United States on the Merits of Pirsson's Patent Steam Condenser. (Cover Title).
Description: Washington, DC: Gideon & Co. Printers, 1850. 1850. - Octavo, printed tan wrappers sewn with tan cord titled within a decorative frame in black on the front wrap. The wraps are bumped with some light creasing. 14 pages. There are light creases to the corners of each page with an area of staining to pages 4 and 5. The pamphlet has been folded, leaving 2 horizontal creases to each wrap & each page. Good.

The first text page is headed: "An Address to the Government of the United States. The Attention of the Congress of the United States Is Respectfully Invited to Pirsson's Patent Condenser, / For Supplying the Boilers of Marine Engines with Fresh Water; which will be found of the utmost importance to their Steam Naval Marine. / This great invention can also be so arranged as to furnish an adequate supply of perfectly pure fresh water for the Use of the Ship's Crew, for Washing Clothes, &c. &c."

The pamphlet prints letters from engineers and others addressed to Pirsson confirming the satisfactory functioning of his invention; and letters from U.S. Navy officers and engineers recommending the condenser to the navy.

Rare in commerce. Good .

Keywords: NAVAL & MARITIME; U.S. NAVY; STEAM NAVAL MARINE; STEAMSHIPS; MARINE ENGINES; CONDENSER; J. P. PIRSSON; ADDRESS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE MERITS OF PIRSSON'S PATENT STEAM CONDENSER; PAMPHLET; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

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