A treatise on navigation by steam comprising a history of the steam engine, and an essay towards a system of the naval tactics peculiar to steam navigation, as applicable both to commerce and maritime warfare; including a comparison ot its advantages as related to other systems in the circumstances of speed, safety and economy, but more particularly in that of the national defence ... illustrated with plates and engravings
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
1828, 1828
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| Collection: | Making of the Modern World - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | Errata inserted after p. xxiii. - Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 25617.10. - Includes indexes. - List of authors on the subject of steam: p. 174. - OCLC, 17977853. - Reproduction of original from Kress Library of Business and Economics, Harvard University |
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| Physical Description: | xxiii, 182 p., 1 ., 68 p., [1] leaf of plates ill 23 x 28 cm |
| Format: | Full text online |