Steam at sea : two centuries of steam-powered ships / Denis Griffiths
2000, First Edition (Reprint). London : Conway Maritime Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper, not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #416333
ISBN: 0851776663
Physical description; x, 242 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; First published in 1997, reprinted 2000. 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. Steam-boilers, Marine History. Steam-turbines, Marine History. Marine engines History. Steam-navigation History. Marine engineering History.
Price: €14.95