Short History of Naval and Marine Engineering. no dj.

SMITH, Edgar C COWAN, P.J., foreword.

Published by Babcock and Wilcox, 1937,

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SMITH, Edgar C. A Short History of Naval and Marine Engineering. With a Foreword by Major P.J. Cowan. Cambridge: Printed for Babcock and Wilcox at the University Press, 1937. Pp 376, frontis., [15] leaves plates. Large 8vo, red cloth. Contents include: "The Birth of the Steam Boat"; "Early Progress of Steam Navigation"; "Pioneer Transatlantic Steamships"; "Steam Men-of-War"; "The Introduction of Screw Propulsion"; "Naval Officers and Steam"; "Iron Ships for Mercantile Purposes"; "Early Iron Warships"; "Low Pressure Marine Boilers"; "Types of Marine Engines"; "Steam and Sail from 1860 to 1870"; "The Marine Compound Engine"; "Boiler Practice and Progress"; "Introduction of Auxiliary Machinery"; "Triple-Expansion Engines and Water-Tube Boilers"; "Machinery of Torpedo Craft"; "The Introduction of the Parsons Steam Turbine"; "Steam Turbines and Transmission Gear"; "Steam Machinery from 1919 to 1937"; "The Marine Internal Combustion Engine"; "Marine Engineering and the Nation". Very slightly rubbed, edges specked, occasional light foxing internally, spine sunned, else vg. 165.00. Seller Inventory # 37829

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Title: Short History of Naval and Marine ...

Publisher: Babcock and Wilcox, 1937,

Binding: Hardcover