Eads, James

Anonymous (1887). Eads, James B. Appletons cyclopaedia of American biography 2 287. P Anonymous (1930). E 6.S. Dictionary of American biography 5 587-589. Scribner s New York. Dorsey, F.L. (1947). Road to the sea. The story of James B. Eads and the Mississippi River. Rinehart New York. P... 

James Buchanan Eads was from 1838 a purser on a Mississippi River steamboat, where he became fully acquainted with river flow. He had the idea of a diving bell, which he patented in 1842, from when he was entirely engaged in steamboat salvaging. 

McHenry, E. (1884). Addresses and papers of James B. Eads. Slawson St. Louis. P http //de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Buchanan Eads P... 

McMath, R.E. (1874). Discussion of James B. Eads project for construction of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Washington DC. 

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