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The Story of the paddle steamer /
The paddle steamer holds a unique place in the history of maritime engineering. When the engineers of the early nineteenth century experimented with steamboats they chose the paddle wheel as the form of propulsion. Within twenty years the paddle steamers were at work on inland waters and short sea p...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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[Melksham] :
Venton,
2002.
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Table des matières:
- List of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Pioneers; Chapter 2: Ocean Paddle Steamers; Chapter 3: The 'Great Western'; Chapter 4: Paddle Steamers of the Thames and Medway; Chapter 5: The 'Navvies'; Chapter 6: The Big Sinking; Chapter 7: Freaks and Failures; Chapter 8: The Great Leviathan; Chapter 9: The Power and the Glory; Chapter 10: The Bonny Boats of Clyde; Chapter 11: Paddle Steamers or the North-West Coast; Chapter 12: West Country Paddle Steamers; Chapter 13: South Coast Paddle Steamers; Chapter 14: Tugs and Tugmen.
- Chapter 15: Riverboats of America and AustraliaChapter 16: Under the White Ensign; Chapter 17: The Twilight Years; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Index of Paddle Steamers; General Index.