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A Treatise on Navigation by Steam - Comprising a History of the Steam Engine (Paperback)
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A Treatise on Navigation by Steam - Comprising a History of the Steam Engine (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
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Following distinguished service during the Napoleonic Wars, the
Scottish naval officer and Arctic explorer Sir John Ross (1777
1856) embarked on an abortive expedition to discover the North-West
Passage. The existence of the Croker mountains, which he claimed
had blocked his path, was afterwards disputed and his reputation
suffered. His 1819 account of that voyage has been reissued in the
Cambridge Library Collection. Prior to setting out in a steam
vessel on a second expedition, for which he would be knighted, Ross
published the present work in 1828. Seeking to establish himself as
an authority on steam power when the technology was still in its
infancy, Ross explores the development of the steam engine, the
commercial and military potential of steam navigation, and how this
called for a radical change in naval tactics. Illustrated
throughout, this is the work of a practical maritime mind,
combining both historical and technical detail.
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