Steam-ships

by R. A. Fletcher

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Chapter I. Primitive Experiments in Propulsion—Some Early Experiments with Steam
3. Chapter II. American Pioneers in Steam Navigation
4. Chapter III. The Progress of Steam-Ship Building in Great Britain
5. Chapter IV. Railway Companies and Their Steam-Ships
6. Chapter V. Opening of the Transatlantic Service
7. Chapter VI. Development of the Transatlantic Service
8. Chapter VII. The Development of Steam Auxiliary
9. Chapter VIII. Experimental Iron Shipbuilding
10. Chapter IX. Development of Iron Shipbuilding
11. Chapter X. The Building of Steel Ships
12. Chapter XI. Steam-Power and the Navy
13. Chapter XII. Miscellaneous Application of Steam-Power Tugs — Cargo-boats — Floating Docks — Ferries — Icebreakers — Yachts — Eccentricities of Design — Conclusion
14. Bibliography

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