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020			_a9781139839457 (ebook)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
100	1		_aRoss, John, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA Treatise on Navigation by Steam : _bComprising a History of the Steam Engine / _cJohn Ross.
264		1	_aPlace of publication not identified : _bpublisher not identified, _c1828.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press
300			_a1 online resource (284 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Technology
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aFollowing 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.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108062138
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pTechnology.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139839457
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