Talk:Robert E. Lee (steamboat)

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“The machinery of the ROB'T. E. LEE consists of feet stroke, the largest high pressure engines on the river. .. The doctor is considered a triumph of the medical art, it being a new style of [what?] with the parallel motion applied.”

In the Robert E. Lee (steamboat)#Description section, Is some text missing from the "feet stroke" line? And what does "The doctor is considered a triumph of the medical art" mean in a description of steamboat engineering and technology? — Athaenara 23:30, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll have to refind it.--Bedford 00:01, 13 January 2008 (UTC)