A

TREATISE

ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF

CANAL NAVIGATION;

EXHIBITING

THE NUMEROUS ADVANTAGES TO BE DERIVED FROM

SMALL CANAL S.

AND BOATS OF TWO TO FIVE FEET WIDE, CONTAINING FROM
TWO TO FIVE TONS BURTHEN.

WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE

MACHINERY for facilitating CONVEYANCE by WATER through the most
Mountainous Countries, independent of Locks and AQUEDUCTS:

INCLUDING

Obfervations on the great Importance of Water Communications,

WITH

THOUGHTS ON, AND DESIGNS FOR, AQUEDUCTS AND BRIDGES OF IRON AND WOOD.

ILLUSTRATED WITH SEVENTEEN PLATES.

BY R. FULTON, CIVIL ENGINEER.

LONDON.

Published by I. and J. TAYLOR at the ARCHITECTURAL LIBRARY, HIGH HOLBORN.

1796.

STANFORD LIBRAT