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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 of its advantages as related to other systems in the circumstances of speed, safety and economy, but more particularly in that of the national defence.

Title
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 of 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. By Captain John Ross.
Author
Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
Publication
London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; [etc., etc.] 1828.

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Description
xxiii, 182p., 1 ℓ., 68p. front., illus., pl., diagrs.; 28x23cm.
Subject
  • Steam-navigation
  • Steam-engines > Early works to 1850
  • Naval art and science
Note
  • "List of authors on the subject of steam": p. 174.
  • Author's presentation copy.
Local note
  • Nelson.
Call Number
VXHD+ (Ross, J. Treatise on navigation by steam)
LCCN
17009967
OCLC
1116923
Author
Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856.
Title
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 of 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. By Captain John Ross.
Imprint
London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; [etc., etc.] 1828.
Local Note
Nelson.
Research Call Number
VXHD+ (Ross, J. Treatise on navigation by steam)
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