LEADER 04822nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910786372603321 005 20230607231312.0 010 $a1-351-84447-4 010 $a1-351-84448-2 010 $a1-315-22463-1 010 $a0-89503-507-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000275700 035 $a(EBL)3117835 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000780041 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12260593 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000780041 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10785324 035 $a(PQKB)11555551 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3117835 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10613418 035 $a(OCoLC)606742361 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3117835 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000275700 100 $a20010802d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExploding steamboats, senate debates, and technical reports$b[electronic resource] $ethe convergence of technology, politics, and rhetoric in the Steamboat Bill of 1838 /$fby R. John Brockmann 210 $aAmityville, N.Y. $cBaywood Pub. Co.$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (158 p.) 225 1 $aBaywood's technical communications series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-89503-266-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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""; ""INTRODUCTIONa???The X on the Draft Bill""; ""CHAPTER 1. Steamboat Politics and Steamboat Society""; ""New York Harbor, May 15, 1824, 7.00 PM""; ""Four Days Latera???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"" 327 $a""Problems Operating a Problem-Prone Technology""""February 24, 1830, Memphis Tennessee. Early Morning""; ""Washington City, May 4, 1830a???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, 1833a???President Jacksona???s State of the Union Message to Congress""; ""But What About the Public Pressure for Steamboat Safety?""; ""The Franklin Institute Reportsa???A Reasoned Technical Response to Catastrophe"" 327 $a""Traditional Technical Writing of the Eraa???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 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)"" 327 $a""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)"" 327 $a""Contemporaneous Reactions to the Institute Reports in the Scientific Community: Halesa???s Open Letter to Grundy, Lockea???s Cincinnati Report, and Steam Textbooks by Renwick and Ward""""Contemporaneous Reactions to Institutea???s Reports by Those Most Directly Involved: Steamboat Inspectors, Engineers, and Firemen""; ""The Gold Dust Fire""; ""Chapter 37, The End of the a???Gold Dusta???""; ""CHAPTER 4. Steamboat Politics and Rhetoric""; ""May 11, 1837, Thirty Miles South of Natchez""; ""A Brief Coincidence of Political Interests""; ""The Select Committee"" 327 $a""The Initial Proposed Bill in December 1837"" 410 0$aBaywood's technical communications series (Unnumbered) 606 $aSteamboats$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aSteamboats$xSafety regulations$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aSteamboats$xLaw and legislation$xHistory. 615 0$aSteamboats$xSafety regulations$xHistory. 676 $a343.7309/65 700 $aBrockmann$b R. John$0853288 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786372603321 996 $aExploding steamboats, senate debates, and technical reports$93785928 997 $aUNINA