Steam-Ships: The Story of Their Development to the Present Day (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Steam-Ships: The Story of Their Development to the Present Day

In another essential, the development of steam-transport on land and sea provides a more striking contrast. The main features of George Stephenson''s Rocket showed in 1830, in however crude a form as regards detail and design, the leading principles of the modern locomotive engine and boiler; but the history of the marine engine, as of the steam-ship which it propels, has been one of radical change.

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Publisher - Forgotten Books

Language - English

Hardback

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Author

R. A. Fletcher


Published Date -

ISBN - 9780266838081

Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm

Page Count - 610

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Contributors

Author

R. A. Fletcher


Published Date -

ISBN - 9781330410998

Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm

Page Count - 612

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