The Coming of the Comet: The Rise and Fall of the Paddle Steamer - Couverture rigide

Robins, Nick

 
9781848321342: The Coming of the Comet: The Rise and Fall of the Paddle Steamer
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1848321341 ISBN 13 : 9781848321342
Editeur : Seaforth Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

In August 1812 Henry Bell s Comet, a revolutionary paddle steamer, made her first journey on the Clyde. This marked the start of extraordinary developments that completely transformed shipping and transport in Britain, Europe and the Americas. The paddle steamer soon became the key link with Empire, pushing the Honourable East India Company s wooden walls off the seas; it provided the all- important link with the Americas, and it offered emigrants to the New World a means of pushing westwards. 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, Syminton 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 Mississipi 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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À propos de l?auteur

NICK ROBINS, a geologist by profession, is acknowledged for setting maritime history within the bigger social and political picture. His books describe the evolution of a variety of shipping themes, ranging from tugs and tenders to excursion steamers. His latest book, Passenger Liners of the British Isles was published by Seaforth in 2011.

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Éditeur
Seaforth Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1848321341
ISBN 13 
9781848321342
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
192
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Personne responsable
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