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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784866003321

Autore

Dumpleton Bernard

Titolo

Brunel's three ships / / Bernard Dumpleton, Muriel Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Melksham [Eng.], : Colin Venton, 2001

ISBN

1-280-47714-8

9786610477142

1-84150-858-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

MillerMuriel <1908-1987.>

Soggetti

Ships, Iron and steel - History

Steamboats - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction; Prologue; Book One: The Great Western; Chapter 1: Birth of an Idea; Chapter 2: 'She Moves'; Chapter 3: Destination New York; Book Two: The Great Britain; Chapter 1: Innovations; Chapter 2: Majesty and Mishaps; Chapter 3: The Island that Got in the Way; Chapter 4: The Halcyon Days; Book Three: The Great Eastern; Chapter 1: A Leviathan on the Thames; Chapter 2: A Chapter of Accidents; Chapter 3: Cables, Carnivals - and Comminution; Epilogue; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index; Back Cover