The romance of the ship; the story of her origin and evolution (1911)
Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 · Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company; London, Seeley and co., limited · leaf 204
h determinedthe supremacy of the merchant steamship. The rushof emigration, and the sudden rise to prosperity of NorthAmerica after her own civil wars had ended, created anenormous demand for the steamship, long before it pliedregularly to the East. For voyages to Australia andIndia the big sailing… … 55 ;^ ^ X P, _H U-^ o ^ .2 ^ H <ii iy «^ o ^ SI ^a THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP has still retained its character as chiefly fostering theprogress of the ocean steamship, for a vessel of increasedsize requires a greater depth of water, and the compara-tive shallowness of the Suez Canal becomes…
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