Steam-Ships: The Story of Their Development to the Present Day [Steamships]

xx, 421, [3] pp. Blue boards. Gilt title on spine with gilt anchor decor. Gilt title on spine with gilt ship's wheel. Color illustration of steam-ship on front board. With a hundred and fifty illustrations. CONTENTS: List of Illustrations; Primitive Experiments in Propulsion--Some Early Experiments with Steam; American Pioneers in Steam Navigation; The Progress of Steam-Ship Building in Great Britain; Railway Companies and Their Steam-Ships; Opening of the Transatlantic Service; Development of the Transatlantic Service; The Development of Steam Auxiliary--Ocean Routes; Experimental Iron Shipbuilding--The Great Britain; Development of Iron Shipbuilding--The Great Eastern; The Building of Steel Ships--Modern Lines--Turbines; Steam-Power and the Navy--Other Navies; Miscellaneous: Tugs--Cargo-Boats--Floating Docks, Etc.--Eccentricities of Design; Bibliography; Index.