Steam : the untold story of America's first great invention /
Sutcliffe, Andrea J.
Steam : the untold story of America's first great invention / Andrea Sutcliffe. - 1st ed. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. - xiv, 272 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-260) and index.
Stream-boats and steamboats -- A ridiculous idea -- Brother saintmakers -- The war of the pamphlets -- The Columbian maid -- Lord High Admirals of the Delaware -- The first and true inventor -- "All further progress is in vain" -- Leeches and sharks -- Mother clay -- The French connection -- Steamboat collisions -- John Fitch's ghost -- Epilogue.
1403962618
2004040000
Fitch, John, 1743-1798.
Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792.
Marine engineers--United States--Biography.
Steam-navigation--History--United States--18th century.
Inventors--United States--Biography.
VM140.F5 / S88 2004
Steam : the untold story of America's first great invention / Andrea Sutcliffe. - 1st ed. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. - xiv, 272 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-260) and index.
Stream-boats and steamboats -- A ridiculous idea -- Brother saintmakers -- The war of the pamphlets -- The Columbian maid -- Lord High Admirals of the Delaware -- The first and true inventor -- "All further progress is in vain" -- Leeches and sharks -- Mother clay -- The French connection -- Steamboat collisions -- John Fitch's ghost -- Epilogue.
1403962618
2004040000
Fitch, John, 1743-1798.
Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792.
Marine engineers--United States--Biography.
Steam-navigation--History--United States--18th century.
Inventors--United States--Biography.
VM140.F5 / S88 2004