The "Princeton" and the "Peacemaker": A Study in Nineteenth-Century Naval Research and Development Procedures
@article{Pearson1966TheA, title={The "Princeton" and the "Peacemaker": A Study in Nineteenth-Century Naval Research and Development Procedures}, author={Lee M. Pearson}, journal={Technology and Culture}, year={1966}, volume={7}, pages={163} }
On February 28, 1844, a gun exploded aboard the navy's new steam frigate, the U.S.S. "Princeton," causing a multiple tragedy. Fragments struck a group of illustrious visitors, killing five men of national prominence, two of them members of the Cabinet-Abel P. Upshur, Secretary of State, and Thomas W. Gilmer, Secretary of the Navy. But for President Tyler's interest in Julia Gardiner, his wife-to-be and the daughter of one of the men killed, he might have been among the fatalities. The story of…
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