Steam-ships
by R. A. Fletcher
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About this eBook
- Author
- Fletcher, R. A.
- Title
- Steam-ships : The story of their development to the present day
- Original Publication
- United Kingdom: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1910.
- Credits
- Peter Becker, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- VM: Naval science: Naval architecture, Shipbuilding, Marine engineering
- Subject
- Steamboats
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 72847
- Release Date
- January 31, 2024
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.STEAM-SHIPS
- 2.Untitled
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — PLANS
- 6.CHAPTER I PRIMITIVE EXPERIMENTS IN PROPULSION—SOME EARLY EXPERIMENTS WITH STEAM
- 7.CHAPTER II AMERICAN PIONEERS IN STEAM NAVIGATION
- 8.CHAPTER III THE PROGRESS OF STEAM-SHIP BUILDING IN GREAT BRITAIN — General Steam Navigation Company — London and Edinburgh Shipping Company — The Carron Company — Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Company — Isle of Man Steam Packet Company — Messrs. James Little and Co. — The British and Irish Company, etc. — The Powell and Hough Lines — Alexander Laird and Co.
- 9.CHAPTER IV RAILWAY COMPANIES AND THEIR STEAM-SHIPS — London, Brighton, and South Coast Rly. Co. — London and South-Western Rly. Co., etc. — Great Western Rly. Co. — Great Eastern Rly. Co. — Great Central Rly. Co. — London and North-Western Rly. Co.
- 10.CHAPTER V OPENING OF THE TRANSATLANTIC SERVICE
- 11.CHAPTER VI DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRANSATLANTIC SERVICE
- 12.CHAPTER VII THE DEVELOPMENT OF STEAM AUXILIARY
- 13.CHAPTER VIII EXPERIMENTAL IRON SHIPBUILDING
- 14.CHAPTER IX DEVELOPMENT OF IRON SHIPBUILDING
- 15.CHAPTER X THE BUILDING OF STEEL SHIPS
- 16.CHAPTER XI STEAM-POWER AND THE NAVY
- 17.CHAPTER XII MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION OF STEAM-POWER Tugs — Cargo-boats — Floating Docks — Ferries — Icebreakers — Yachts — Eccentricities of Design — Conclusion
- 18.BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 19.INDEX — Transcriber’s Notes
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