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VK1461 .B85 2008eb
VK1461
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B85
2008eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0817316086
(Number (ISBN
081738037X
(Number (ISBN
9780817316082
(Number (ISBN
9780817380373
Erroneous ISBN
9780817316082
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b745251
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The metal life car :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the inventor, the impostor, and the business of lifesaving /
First Statement of Responsibility
George E. Buker.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Tuscaloosa :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Alabama Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (182 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-176) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Metal life car.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Francis, Joseph,1801-1893.
Francis, Joseph,1801-1893
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.
United States.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Inventors-- United States, Biography.
Lifeboats-- History.
Lifesaving-- Equipment and supplies.
Marine engineering-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Inventors.
Lifeboats.
Lifesaving-- Equipment and supplies.
Marine engineering.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Marine & Naval.
TRANSPORTATION-- Ships & Shipbuilding-- Pictorial.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
TEC-- 060000
TRA-- 006020
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
B
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
VK1461
Book number
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B85
2008eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Buker, George E.,1923-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201204053700.0
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Electronic name
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