Examples of steamboat

• He cited technological progress, in particular railways and steamboats, as another major factor in the contemporary intensification of communications.

• Unlike steamboats, the piling up of bodies did not result from a few dramatic accidents.

• The steamboat, figuring prominently in the title, is merely suggested, the harbor is not evident.

• So many artisans were inventing the needed tools and machines that at times the contest for priority, as for example in steamboats, became intense and confusing.

• Government reports on steamboat explosions and railroad accidents were "popular" in the sense that they were published to fulfill a democratic mandate for the open exchange of information.

• They were so intent on their steamboats that they neglected the fire brigade.

• There are fourteen railway companies owning passenger carrying steamboats.

• I also wish to say a few words with regard to the supply of steamboats.