Steam at sea : two centuries of steam-powered ships / Denis Griffiths
de Griffiths, Denis
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- ISBN 10
- 0851776663
- ISBN 13
- 9780851776668
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Galway, Ireland
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London : Conway Maritime Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; x, 242 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents; Steam goes to sea -- Merchant ships and paddle wheels -- Screw propulsion -- Compound marine engines -- Low-pressure marine boilers -- Steam power and the fighting ship -- Auxiliary steam plant at sea -- Triple-expansion engines and high-pressure boilers -- Naval engineering in the late nineteenth century -- Engineers at sea -- The steam turbine -- Coal, oil and the war -- Marine engineering between the wars -- The demands of World War II and its aftermath -- Post-war resurgence -- Steam's finale. Subjects; Steamboats History. Steamboats. Steam-boilers, Marine History. Steam-turbines, Marine History. Marine engines History. Steam-navigation History. Marine engineering History. Steamboats History. Marine Engines. Marine Propulsion. Steam Powered Boats. Steam Propulsion. Steamships. Maritime History. Genres; Bibliography. History. Illustrated.
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- 322092
- Título
- Steam at sea : two centuries of steam-powered ships / Denis Griffiths
- Autor
- Griffiths, Denis
- Formato/Encuadernación
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- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0851776663
- ISBN 13
- 9780851776668
- Editorial
- London : Conway Maritime Press
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1997
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