Steam at sea : two centuries of steam-powered ships
by Griffiths, Denis
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- ISBN 10
- 0851776663
- ISBN 13
- 9780851776668
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About This Item
London : Conway Maritime Press, 1997. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 242 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents: Steam goes to sea -- Merchant ships and paddle wheels -- Screw propulsion -- Compound marine engines -- Low-pressure marine boilers -- Steam power and the fighting ship -- Auxiliary steam plant at sea -- Triple-expansion engines and high-pressure boilers -- Naval engineering in the late nineteenth century -- Engineers at sea -- The steam turbine -- Coal, oil and the war -- Marine engineering between the wars -- The demands of World War II and its aftermath -- Post-war resurgence -- Steam's finale. Subjects: Steamboats History; Bateaux � vapeur Histoire; Steam-boilers, Marine History; Steam-turbines, Marine History; Marine engines History; Marine engineering History.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 396500
- Title
- Steam at sea : two centuries of steam-powered ships
- Author
- Griffiths, Denis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0851776663
- ISBN 13
- 9780851776668
- Publisher
- London : Conway Maritime Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1997
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