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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2018.
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| Series: | Science in history
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |