Building the First Steamship in History

Baeed on his book: "Steam Coffin: Captain Moses Rogers and the Steamship Savannah Break the Barrier", historian and author John Laurence Busch will attempt to re-calibrate your mind before showing why the proposition of making the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean on a "steamship" was met with a mixture of skepticism and fear.  Then he will explore the chemical rationale behind Captain Rogers’ design for this revolutionary vessel.