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.
Language: English
Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, London, 1828
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- Hardcover
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Hardcover 4to rebound in quarter brown cloth, plain card boards, white spine label with black text and decoration. In very good condition, slight edge wear, front board slightly bowed, cracking between pp. x and xi of the introduction but binding is otherwise sound, foxing to frontispiece and front endpapers, light foxing throughout but largely unblemished, text is bright and clear, complete with two engravings and several diagrams and illustrations, including errata slip bound before main text. Captain John Ross (1777-1856), who was a Royal Navy Officer, first wrote A Treatise On Navigation By Steam in 1828, a year before his second Arctic Expedition. He is the first naval officer to write about steam engines.
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Bibliographic details
- 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.
- Author
- Ross, Captain John
- Publisher
- Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, London
- Publication year
- 1828
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 4to
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