Seaforth Publishing
The Coming of the Comet: The Rise and Fall of the Paddle Steamer
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- Nick Robins
- Seaforth Publishing
- Hardcover
- 9781848321342
- 11.7 X 8.2 X 0.6 inches
- 2.35 pounds
- Transportation > Ships & Shipbuilding - History
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
In this fascinating new book Nick Robins analyses the remarkable impact of the paddle steamer and goes on to describe its development, both in terms of technology design and in relation to its effects on the transformation of nineteenth-century economies. He includes all Henry Bells disciples - the Burns brothers, Laird, Napier, Fulton, Symington Cunard and Denny to name a few, and looks at their individual contributions.
The impact of the paddle steamer on transport is difficult to overstate. It helped with the export of cotton from the American southern states and with the transport of oil from Burma's oil fields. The great stern wheelers of the Mississippi are legendary, but they also migrated to the Murray and Darling rivers in Australia, and to the Congo and Nile rivers in Africa, and the great rivers of Russia.
This wonderful story of nineteenth-century ingenuity will appeal to shipping enthusiasts and those with a wider interest in industrial history.
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