History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce, Volume 4

Admiralty afterwards American Atlantic average speed beam boat boilers Bombay Britain British built Calcutta Cape Captain cargo carry Charlotte Dundas China Clyde coal coast Collins line commerce construction contract conveyance Cunard Company Cunard line cylinder deck despatched diameter dimensions directors East India Eastern employed engines England Euphrates experiment feet in length fleet Fulton Glasgow Government Greenock Hankow horse-power hull inches increased India invention iron ships James Watt knots an hour lakes launched less line of steamers Liverpool London machinery mail service Marine Propulsion maritime ment Messrs miles an hour ocean Oriental Company Pacific packets paddle paddle-wheel passage passengers patent Peninsular and Oriental performed ports propelled propulsion Red Sea river River Clyde Robert Fulton route Royal Royal Mail sailing sailing-ships sailing-vessels screw screw-propeller Steam Navigation Company steam-boat steam-engine steam-ships steam-vessels success Suez Canal tion tonnage trade undertaking viâ voyage Watt wheels Woodcroft York