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Steam Coffin - Captain Moses Rogers & The Steamship Savannah Break the Barrier (Hardcover)
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Steam Coffin - Captain Moses Rogers & The Steamship Savannah Break the Barrier (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 6 000
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Painstakingly researched, this book contains much
never-before-published archival material, presented in traditional
storytelling style while still adhering to the strict rules for
historical revelation. The saga told chronicles the dawn of
steam-powered vessels in the early 19th century, and the resistance
to this first technology that allowed humans to artificially
overcome Nature to practical effect. While the brilliant Robert
Fulton's first "steamboats" proved their worth on rivers, lakes and
bays, there was deep skepticism that such vessels were capable of
overcoming the unpredictable powers of the sea. To prove that it
was possible for such a craft to cross the Atlantic Ocean, Captain
Moses Rogers designed not a "steamboat," but a "steamship," the
first of its kind. To most mariners, however, this vessel named
Savannah seemed so dangerous that they considered it nothing more
than a "steam coffin."
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