Exploding Steamboats, Senate Debates, and Technical Reports
| Author | : R. John Brockmann |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 169 |
| Release | : 2019-06-04 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781351844475 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1351844474 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (474 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Exploding Steamboats, Senate Debates, and Technical Reports by : R. John Brockmann
Download or read book Exploding Steamboats, Senate Debates, and Technical Reports written by R. John Brockmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
