Steam at sea : two centuries of steam-powered ships / Denis Griffiths
1997, First Edition. London : Conway Maritime Press. 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. Item #322092
ISBN: 0851776663
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.
Price: €25.00