Description |
1 online resource (vii, 147 pages) : illustrations |
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Technical communications series |
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Technical communications series.
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Contents |
Exploding Steamboats, Senate Debates, and Technical Reports: The Convergence of Technology, Politics, and Rhetoric in the Steamboat Bill of 1838 -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION�The X on the Draft Bill -- CHAPTER 1. Steamboat Politics and Steamboat Society -- New York Harbor, May 15, 1824, 7.00 PM -- Four Days Later�Washington City. May 19, 1824 -- CHAPTER 2. Steamboat Technology -- High-pressure Steam Engines and Hulls that Ride on the Water -- What Could Go Wrong with the Boiler Technology |
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Problems Operating a Problem-Prone TechnologyFebruary 24, 1830, Memphis Tennessee. Early Morning -- Washington City, May 4, 1830�Two and a Half Months Later -- CHAPTER 3 . Steamboats, The Presidency, and Public Opinion -- Red River, May 19, 1833, Early on a Spring Sunday Morning -- December 3, 1833�President Jackson�s State of the Union Message to Congress -- But What About the Public Pressure for Steamboat Safety? -- The Franklin Institute Reports�A Reasoned Technical Response to Catastrophe |
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Contemporaneous Reactions to the Institute Reports in the Scientific Community: Hales�s Open Letter to Grundy, Locke�s Cincinnati Report, and Steam Textbooks by Renwick and WardContemporaneous Reactions to Institute�s Reports by Those Most Directly Involved: Steamboat Inspectors, Engineers, and Firemen -- The Gold Dust Fire -- Chapter 37, The End of the “Gold Dust� -- CHAPTER 4. Steamboat Politics and Rhetoric -- May 11, 1837, Thirty Miles South of Natchez -- A Brief Coincidence of Political Interests -- The Select Committee |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Steamboats -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
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Steamboats -- Safety regulations -- United States -- History
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Steamboats -- Law and legislation
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Steamboats -- Safety regulations
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United States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0895035073 |
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9780895035073 |
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