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On the introduction and progress of the screw propeller : with statistics of the comparative economy of screw ships and paddle vessels for Her Majesty's service, &c., &c

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1856.
Call number: 497479
Provenance: Purchased from Andrew Cahan: Bookseller, Ltd., March 1998.
Dimensions: 25 cm
Associated people: Smith, Francis Pettit,; Bourne, John,; Crockford, W. H.,
Associated organization: Maull & Polyblank,
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