Government by Steam
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Steam-power, Commerce, Politics, Government |
Ridicules the Morning Herald for contemplating the claim that 'the steam engine has given an immense impetus to manufactures and commerce', and for insinuating that Henry J Temple (3rd Viscount Palmerston) 'should claim all the credit which is due to James Watt' and thus be connected with the discovery of the steam-engine. |
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