The SS Bessemer - A Victorian Age Cure for Sea Sickness - Bad Ideas

Bad Ideas Podcast

English - May 17, 2019 17:33 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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The SS Bessemer is a paddle steam ship from the 1870s that noted inventor Sir Henry Bessemer. Bessemer was tired of getting sea sick on his voyages so he made a room inside of a ship that was on gimbals and hydraulics. It was a great idea until it made the ship unable to steer and it crashed into the pier of Calais. Twice.

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