Who Really Invented the Steamboat?
Subtitle: Fulton's Clermont Coup
Publisher: Humanity Books
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9781591022060
Subjects: Shipbuilding technology & engineering; Scientists; General; Engineers; Science; History: World; Rumsey, James,; History; 18th century; Steamboats; 1743?-1792; 1765-1815; 19th century; Fulton, Robert,
First sentence: The basic needs of civilized society, among other things, include food, clothing, shelter, sanitation, information, and transportation, with the latter two being of fundamental importance to progress.