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 /

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828
Series:	Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
Subjects:	Steam-navigation. Steam-engines. Naval art and science. Electronic books.
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