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Microform

Author

Woodcroft, Bennet, 1803-1879.

Title A sketch of the origin and progress of steam navigation from authentic documents [microform] / by Bennet Woodcroft ...

Imprint

London : Taylor, Walton, and Maberly, 1848.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Basement Library of American Civilization Microfiche Cabinets	LAC 10289.	---	Available

Description	6 p. l., [iii]-iv, 140 p., plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series	Library of American civilization ; LAC 10289.
Note	Added t.-p., engraved.
	"Appeared afterwards as a paper on 'Steam navigation' in the 'Transactions of the Society of Arts,' 1852." -- Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 62, p. 388.
	"List of patents, nearly all of which are for propelling vessels, and other documents relating to propelling, which the author has prepared for publication": p. [122]-140.
	Master microform held by: LrI.
Reproduction	Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, 1970. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 10289).
Subject	Steam-navigation -- History.
	Steamboats.
	Patents -- Great Britain.