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A treatise on navigation by steam : comprising a history of the steam engine, and an essay towards a system of the naval tactics peculiar to steam navigation, as applicable both to commerce and maritime warfare : including a comparison of its advantages as related to other systems in the circumstances of speed, safety and economy, but more particularly in that of the national defence / by Captain John Ross.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Steam-navigation.
- Steam-engines--Early works to 1850.
- Steam-engines.
- Naval art and science.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 182 pages, 1 l, 68pages : illustrations, plates, diagrams ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828.
- Notes:
- "List of authors on the subject of steam": page 174.
- OCLC:
- 1116923
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