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