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

Tác giả
Brockmann, R. John
Nhà xuất bản
Routledge
Ngày xuất bản
20190123
ISBN
9780415404112
Khu vực đăng ký ISBN
Khu vực nói tiếng Anh (ISBN 978-0)

Giới thiệu

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. This work covers this topic.