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Coal, steam and ships : engineering, enterprise and empire on the nineteenth-century seas /

Crosbie Smith explores the trials and tribulations of first-generation Victorian mail steamship lines, their passengers, proprietors and the public. Eyewitness accounts show in rich detail how these enterprises engineered their ships, constructed empire-wide systems of steam navigation and won or lo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Crosbie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Colección:Science in history
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo