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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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Smith, Crosbie (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Collection:Science in history
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