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Subject Terms Steam-navigation -- History.

1. A sketch of the origin and progress of steam navigation from authentic documents / by Bennet Woodcroft, professor of machinery in University College, London ; with illustrations.

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Creator:: Woodcroft, Bennet, 1803–1879
Date:: 1848
Physical Description:: [10], iv, 140 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. An historical and explanatory dissertation on steam-engines and steam-packets : with the evidence in full given by the most eminent engineers, mechanists, and manufacturers, to the select committees of the House of Commons; together with the committees' reports, distinguishing and defining safe and unsafe steam-engines, and their proper management : comprising particulars of the fatal explosions of boilers at Norwich, Northumberland, Wells-street, and in America : concluding with a narrative, by Isaac Weld, Esq. of the interesting voyage of the Thames steam-yacht, from Glasgow, in Scotland, to Dublin and London / by Geo. Dodd, civil engineer ; illustrated by two elegant engravings of steam-yachts.

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Creator:: Dodd, George, 1783–1827
Date:: 1818
Physical Description:: [2], xxv, [3], 280 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts