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The metal life car : the inventor, the impostor, and the business of lifesaving /
For centuries sailing vessels crept along the coastline, ready to flee ashore in case of danger or trouble; this worked well until weather or poor sailing drove these ships against an unforgiving coast. Saviors and salvors (often the same people) struggled to rescue both humans and cargo, often with...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The metal life car : |b the inventor, the impostor, and the business of lifesaving / |c George E. Buker. |
| 260 | |a Tuscaloosa : |b University of Alabama Press, |c ©2008. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-176) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The origin of Francis' metallic lifeboats -- The metallic life car and the U.S. Life-saving Service -- Metallic boats for the U.S. Army -- The Third Seminole War: strategy and tactics -- Metal army pontoon wagon bodies -- Francis' European associates -- Back home -- The Impostor -- Retirement and challenges -- The perfidious Captain Douglass Ottinger, USRMS -- Reactions to Ottinger's charges -- The Forty-ninth Congress and beyond -- Epilogue. | |
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| 520 | |a For centuries sailing vessels crept along the coastline, ready to flee ashore in case of danger or trouble; this worked well until weather or poor sailing drove these ships against an unforgiving coast. Saviors and salvors (often the same people) struggled to rescue both humans and cargo, often with results as tragic for them as for the sailors and passengers. Joseph Francis (b. Boston, Massachusetts, 1801) was an inventor who also had the ability to organize a business to produce his inventions and the salesmanship to sell his products. His metal lifeboats, first. | ||
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