TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sutcliffe,Andrea J.
TI  - Steam: the untold story of America's first great invention 
SN  - 1403962618
AV  - VM140.F5 S88 2004
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Fitch, John,
KW  - Rumsey, James,
KW  - Marine engineers
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Steam-navigation
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Inventors
N1  - 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
ER  -