The Rumseian Experiment
Being an Account of the Imaginous Mr. Rumsey's Creation of Steamboats During the First Years of Our Republik
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Book Details
Language :
English
Publication Date :
07/04/2010
Format :
Softcover
Dimensions :
6x9
Page Count :
61
ISBN :
9781450047685
Format :
Hardcover
Dimensions :
6x9
Page Count :
61
ISBN :
9781450047692
About the Book
According to Jonathan Swift, necessity is the mother of invention. Here is an example that proves the rule. Our revolutionary leaders urgently sought better access to their continent. Rivers were the only avenues open to them, but going west against the current was hard. Washington and Jefferson and Franklin and other founders turned to James Rumsey, a genius living at the edge of the wilderness. Rumsey had an invention that addressed their necessity. It was a steamboat. It inspired solutions that would open the continent to settlement.