Atlantic Steam-ships : the origin, progress, and prospects of steam navigation across the Atlantic...
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Object number2014.00023
TitleAtlantic Steam-ships : the origin, progress, and prospects of steam navigation across the Atlantic...
Atlantic Steam-ships. Ideas and Statements, The Result of Considerable Reflection on the Subject of Navigating the Atlantic Ocean with Steam-Ships of Large Tonnage...
Atlantic Steam-ships. Ideas and Statements, The Result of Considerable Reflection on the Subject of Navigating the Atlantic Ocean with Steam-Ships of Large Tonnage...
Creator Ithiel Town (author), Wiley & Putnam (publisher), J.P. Wright (printer)
DescriptionBook: Atlantic Steam-ships. Ideas and Statements, The Result of Considerable Reflection on the Subject of Navigating the Atlantic Ocean with Steam-Ships of Large Tonnage [made known in 1830, and published in one of the City Journals in 1832], by Ithiel Town.
Also, the Arrival, Description, and Departure of the Two First British Steam-Ships : Sirius and Great Western : thus fulfilling in a great measure the above ideas and suggestions. Includes mentions of Cherokee leader John Ridge and a speech that he made after the arrival of the Great Western in New York.
Bound in a green leather binding, gold tooled on green and red spine with dotted lines and book title.
Includes engravings of the ps Great Western and Sirius.
Production date 1838 - 1838
Object namebook
Object categorypublication
Techniqueprinted, manufactured
Dimensions
- overall height: 195 mm
overall width: 120 mm
overall depth: 5 mm
DocumentationAtlantic Steam-ships. Ideas and Statements, The Result of Considerable Reflection on the Subject of Navigating the Atlantic Ocean with Steam-Ships of Large Tonnage [made known in 1830, and published in one of the City Journals in 1832], by Ithiel Town.
Also, the Arrival, Description, and Departure of the Two First British Steam-Ships : Sirius and Great Western : thus fulfilling in a great measure the above ideas and suggestions.
Copy of 'Atlantic Steamships' by Ithiel Town 1838
Copy of 'Atlantic Steamships' by Ithiel Town 1838