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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
| 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 |
| Autore | Brockmann R. John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (158 p.) |
| Disciplina | 343.7309/65 |
| Collana | Baywood's technical communications series |
| Soggetto topico |
Steamboats - Law and legislation - United States - History
Steamboats - Safety regulations - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-89503-507-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""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 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"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462469803321 |
Brockmann R. John
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| Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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
| 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 |
| Autore | Brockmann R. John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (158 p.) |
| Disciplina | 343.7309/65 |
| Collana | Baywood's technical communications series |
| Soggetto topico |
Steamboats - Law and legislation - United States - History
Steamboats - Safety regulations - United States - History |
| ISBN |
1-351-84447-4
1-351-84448-2 1-315-22463-1 0-89503-507-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""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 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"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786372603321 |
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Brockmann R. John
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| Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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
| 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 |
| Autore | Brockmann R. John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (158 p.) |
| Disciplina | 343.7309/65 |
| Collana | Baywood's technical communications series |
| Soggetto topico |
Steamboats - Law and legislation - United States - History
Steamboats - Safety regulations - United States - History |
| ISBN |
1-351-84447-4
1-351-84448-2 1-315-22463-1 0-89503-507-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""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 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"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826514103321 |
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Brockmann R. John
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| Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Proceedings of the 9th annual International Conference on Systems Documentation
| Proceedings of the 9th annual International Conference on Systems Documentation |
| Autore | Brockmann R. John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : ACM, 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 pages) |
| Collana | ACM Conferences |
| Soggetto topico |
Engineering & Applied Sciences
Computer Science |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | SIGDOC '90 8th annual Conference on Systems Documentation, Little Rock, AR, USA - October 31 - November 02, 1990 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910376203403321 |
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Brockmann R. John
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| [Place of publication not identified], : ACM, 1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Twisted rails, sunken ships [[electronic resource] ] : the rhetoric of nineteenth century steamboat and railroad accident investigation reports, 1833-1879 / / R. John Brockmann
| Twisted rails, sunken ships [[electronic resource] ] : the rhetoric of nineteenth century steamboat and railroad accident investigation reports, 1833-1879 / / R. John Brockmann |
| Autore | Brockmann R. John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.12/265/097309034 |
| Collana | Baywood's technical communications series |
| Soggetto topico |
Railroad accidents - United States
Steamboat disasters - United States Accident investigation - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-315-22343-0
0-89503-504-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Using science as a corporate defense -- pt. 2. Publicity, political pressure, and emotional involvement by authors transform disaster investigations -- pt. 3. The antebellum period of disaster investigation : transformation ends and a constellation of roles and reports becomes normal. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462500503321 |
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Brockmann R. John
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| Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Twisted rails, sunken ships [[electronic resource] ] : the rhetoric of nineteenth century steamboat and railroad accident investigation reports, 1833-1879 / / R. John Brockmann
| Twisted rails, sunken ships [[electronic resource] ] : the rhetoric of nineteenth century steamboat and railroad accident investigation reports, 1833-1879 / / R. John Brockmann |
| Autore | Brockmann R. John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.12/265/097309034 |
| Collana | Baywood's technical communications series |
| Soggetto topico |
Railroad accidents - United States
Steamboat disasters - United States Accident investigation - United States |
| ISBN |
1-351-84087-8
1-315-22343-0 0-89503-504-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Using science as a corporate defense -- pt. 2. Publicity, political pressure, and emotional involvement by authors transform disaster investigations -- pt. 3. The antebellum period of disaster investigation : transformation ends and a constellation of roles and reports becomes normal. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786373503321 |
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Brockmann R. John
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| Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Twisted rails, sunken ships [[electronic resource] ] : the rhetoric of nineteenth century steamboat and railroad accident investigation reports, 1833-1879 / / R. John Brockmann
| Twisted rails, sunken ships [[electronic resource] ] : the rhetoric of nineteenth century steamboat and railroad accident investigation reports, 1833-1879 / / R. John Brockmann |
| Autore | Brockmann R. John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.12/265/097309034 |
| Collana | Baywood's technical communications series |
| Soggetto topico |
Railroad accidents - United States
Steamboat disasters - United States Accident investigation - United States |
| ISBN |
1-351-84087-8
1-315-22343-0 0-89503-504-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Using science as a corporate defense -- pt. 2. Publicity, political pressure, and emotional involvement by authors transform disaster investigations -- pt. 3. The antebellum period of disaster investigation : transformation ends and a constellation of roles and reports becomes normal. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818027003321 |
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Brockmann R. John
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| Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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