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Exploding Steamboats, Senate Debates, and Technical Reports: The Convergence of Technology, Politics, and Rhetoric in the Steamboat Bill of 1838

Exploding Steamboats, Senate Debates, and Technical Reports: The Convergence of Technology, Politics, and Rhetoric in the Steamboat Bill of 1838 - Baywood's Technical Communications

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By 1838, over two thousand Americans had been killed and many hundreds injured by exploding steam engines on steamboats. After calls for a solution in two State of the Union addresses, a Senate Select Committee met to consider an investigative report from the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, the first federally funded investigation into a technical.

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ISBN: 9780415404112
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
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DEWEY: 343.730965
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 147
Weight: 240g
Height: 227mm
Width: 151mm
Spine width: 19mm

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