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008			050414s2004 nyuaf b 001 0ceng
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020			_a1403962618
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781403962614
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781403962614
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781403962614
035			_z(Sirsi) 149217
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050	0	0	_aVM140.F5 _bS88 2004
090			_aVM 140 .F5 S88 2004
100	1		_aSutcliffe, Andrea J.
245	1	0	_aSteam : _bthe untold story of America's first great invention / _cAndrea Sutcliffe.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2004.
300			_axiv, 272 p., [16] p. of plates : _bill. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [253]-260) and index.
505	0		_aStream-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.
600	1	0	_aFitch, John, _d1743-1798.
600	1	0	_aRumsey, James, _d1743?-1792.
650		0	_aMarine engineers _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aSteam-navigation _zUnited States _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aInventors _zUnited States _vBiography.
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