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 / by Captain John Ross.

Author/creator Ross, John
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828 (London : Plummer and Brewis)
Descriptionxxiii, 182 pages, 1 ., 68 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
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General noteList of authors on the subject of steam: p. 174.
General noteErrata inserted after p. xxiii.
General noteIncludes indexes.
General noteReproduction of original from Kress Library of Business and Economics, Harvard University.
General noteGoldsmiths'-Kress no. 25617.10.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.
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