Officer of the Royal Navy, Letter on the importance of steam navigation to the British navy , 1821
- Title(s):
- Letter on the importance of steam navigation to the British navy : addressed to Admiral Lord Viscount : to which is added, A description of an American steam-frigate / by an officer of the Royal Navy.
- Published/Created:
- London : [Publisher not identified], 1821.
[London] : Printed by T. Cope, 3, Long Acre - Physical Description:
- 27, [1] pages ; 23 cm
- Holdings:
- Unable to reach service. Holdings currently not available
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9768537
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- "Report of Henry Rutgers, Samuel L. Mitchill, and Thomas Morris, the Commissioners superintending the construction of a steam vessel of war, to the Secretary of the Navy": pages [17]-27. The report chronicles development of the Demologus (1814-1815) by Robert Fulton, the first warship to be propelled by a steam engine. The ship was renamed Fulton upton Robert Fulton's death.
Printer's statement from title page verso.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in 20th-century tan morocco, by Elizabeth Greenhill. - Subject Terms:
- Cope, T. -- Printer.Exmouth, Edward Pellew, Viscount, 1757-1833.Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815.Great Britain. Royal NavySteam-navigation -- Great Britain.Steamboats -- Great Britain.Warships.
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