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- catalog contributor b13159188.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Part 1. Perspective and background: 1. The significance of the steamboat : why in America? ; 2. The invention, the inventor, and society ; 3. the steamboat as a system ; 4. Early steamboat experimenters -- part 2. The candidates considered: 5. William Henry (1729-1786) ; 6. James Rumsey (1743-1792) ; 7. John Fitch (1743-1798) ; 8. Oliver Evans (1755-1819) ; 9. Nathan Read (1759-1849) ; 10. Samuel Morey (1762-1843) ; 11. Robert Fulton (1765-1815) ; 12. John Stevens (1749-1838) -- Part 3. Conclusion and afterthoughts : the steamboat inventor -- Epilogue : giving everyone his due -- Appendices. A. Rumsey's water jet steamboat explained ; B. Minimum horsepower to weight examined.".
- catalog extent "441 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1591022061 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amherst, N.Y. : Humanity Books,".
- catalog subject "623.8/12044 22".
- catalog subject "Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815.".
- catalog subject "Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792.".
- catalog subject "Steamboats History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Steamboats History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "VM140.R8 S53 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part 1. Perspective and background: 1. The significance of the steamboat : why in America? ; 2. The invention, the inventor, and society ; 3. the steamboat as a system ; 4. Early steamboat experimenters -- part 2. The candidates considered: 5. William Henry (1729-1786) ; 6. James Rumsey (1743-1792) ; 7. John Fitch (1743-1798) ; 8. Oliver Evans (1755-1819) ; 9. Nathan Read (1759-1849) ; 10. Samuel Morey (1762-1843) ; 11. Robert Fulton (1765-1815) ; 12. John Stevens (1749-1838) -- Part 3. Conclusion and afterthoughts : the steamboat inventor -- Epilogue : giving everyone his due -- Appendices. A. Rumsey's water jet steamboat explained ; B. Minimum horsepower to weight examined.".
- catalog title "Who really invented the steamboat? : Fulton's Clermont coup : a history of the steamboat contributions of William Henry, James Rumsey, John Fitch, Oliver Evans, Nathan Read, Samuel Morey, Robert Fulton, John Stevens, and others / Jack L. Shagena.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".