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UNINA9910462469803321 |
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Brockmann R. John |
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Exploding steamboats, senate debates, and technical reports [[electronic resource] ] : the convergence of technology, politics, and rhetoric in the Steamboat Bill of 1838 / / by R. John Brockmann |
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Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., 2002 |
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1 online resource (158 p.) |
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Baywood's technical communications series |
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Steamboats - Law and legislation - United States - History |
Steamboats - Safety regulations - United States - History |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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""Exploding Steamboats, Senate Debates, and Technical Reports: The Convergence of Technology, Politics, and Rhetoric in the Steamboat Bill of 1838""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""INTRODUCTION�The X on the Draft Bill""; ""CHAPTER 1. Steamboat Politics and Steamboat Society""; ""New York Harbor, May 15, 1824, 7.00 PM""; ""Four Days Later�Washington City. May 19, 1824""; ""CHAPTER 2. Steamboat Technology""; ""High-pressure Steam Engines and Hulls that Ride on the Water""; ""What Could Go Wrong with the Boiler Technology"" |
""Problems Operating a Problem-Prone Technology""""February 24, 1830, Memphis Tennessee. Early Morning""; ""Washington City, May 4, 1830�Two and a Half Months Later""; ""CHAPTER 3 . Steamboats, The Presidency, and Public Opinion""; ""Red River, May 19, 1833, Early on a Spring Sunday Morning""; ""December 3, 1833�President Jackson�s State of the Union Message to Congress""; ""But What About the Public Pressure for Steamboat Safety?""; ""The Franklin Institute Reports�A Reasoned Technical Response to Catastrophe"" |
""Traditional Technical Writing of the Era�Communications Received by the Committee of the Franklin Institute on the Explosion of Steam Boilers (1832)""""Report of the Committee of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, on |
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the Explosions of Steam. Bollers, Part I, Containing the First Report of Experiments Made by the Committee for the Treasury Department of the U. States (1836)"" |
""General Report on the Explosions of Steam-Boilers by a Committee of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts (1 837)""""Report of the Committee of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, on the Explosions of Steam-Boilers Made at the Request of the Treasury Department of the United States, Part 11, Containing the Report of the Sub-Committee to Whom Was Referred the Examination of the Strength of Materials Employed in the Construction of Steam Boilers (1837)"" |
""Contemporaneous Reactions to the Institute Reports in the Scientific Community: Hales�s Open Letter to Grundy, Locke�s Cincinnati Report, and Steam Textbooks by Renwick and Ward""""Contemporaneous Reactions to Institute�s Reports by Those Most Directly Involved: Steamboat Inspectors, Engineers, and Firemen""; ""The Gold Dust Fire""; ""Chapter 37, The End of the “Gold Dust�""; ""CHAPTER 4. Steamboat Politics and Rhetoric""; ""May 11, 1837, Thirty Miles South of Natchez""; ""A Brief Coincidence of Political Interests""; ""The Select Committee"" |
""The Initial Proposed Bill in December 1837"" |
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UNINA9911018942803321 |
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Autore |
Israelsen Craig L |
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7twelve : a diversified investment portfolio with a plan / / Craig L. Israelsen |
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Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010 |
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9786612707865 |
9780470649879 |
0470649879 |
9781119200185 |
1119200180 |
9781282707863 |
1282707868 |
9780470649855 |
0470649852 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (227 p.) |
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Portfolio management |
Investments |
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7Twelve: A Diversified Investment Portfolio with a Plan; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1: A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS; CHAPTER 2: LINING UP THE INGREDIENTS; CHAPTER 3: THE MORE INGREDIENTS, THE BETTER; CHAPTER 4: GROWTH OF MONEY; CHAPTER 5: COMBINING INGREDIENTS THAT ZIG ZAG; CHAPTER 6: STIRRING THE MIX; CHAPTER 7: ADJUSTING THE SECRET SAUCE; CHAPTER 8: HOW LONG WILL MY NEST EGG LAST?; CHAPTER 9: SHOULD I TILT TOWARD VALUE OR GROWTH?; CHAPTER 10: SHOULD I JUMP IN OR LET THE POT SIMMER?; CHAPTER 11: A BETTER 401(K); CHAPTER 12: THE PROBLEM OF UNDERSAVING |
CHAPTER 13: OF STOCKS, BONDS, AND RISKCHAPTER 14: ASSEMBLING YOUR PORTFOLIO; CHAPTER 15: 3 SECRETS + 4 PRINCIPLES = 7TWELVE PERFECTION; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INDEX |
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A proven way to put together a portfolio that enhances performance and reduces risk Professor Craig Israelsen of Brigham Young University is an important voice in the area of asset allocation. The reason? He keeps things simple. Now, in 7Twelve, he shows you how to do the same, and demonstrates how his approach to investing can help you grow your money as well as protect it. 7Twelve outlines a multi-asset balanced portfolio that is a logical starting point when assembling a portfolio-either as the blueprint for the entire portfolio or as a significant building block. P |
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