MTU Cork Library Catalogue

Ships / Edward V. Lewis and Robert O'Brien.

By: Lewis, Edward V [author.].
Contributor(s): O'Brien, Robert, 1911- [author.] | Time-Life Books.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Life science library: Publisher: New York : Time, [1965]Description: 200 pages. : ill. (some col.), charts, maps. 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Naval architecture | ShipsDDC classification: 623.8
Contents:
The floating box -- Designs to tame the sea -- Days of sail -- The impact of power and steel -- The cargo carriers -- Revolution beneath the sea -- The navigator's ancient skills -- Extending the nautical frontiers.
Summary: Ships have had a profound effect on civilization. Since prehistoric times man has used them to explore, to trade and to conquer. Control has often brought their destruction. Has many ships of the present, their design, their construction and their employment.
List(s) this item appears in: Dr. Raymond Fielding Collection | NMCI Nautical Science Resources
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending 623.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00180591
General Lending MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending 623.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00109988
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 196) and index.

The floating box -- Designs to tame the sea -- Days of sail -- The impact of power and steel -- The cargo carriers -- Revolution beneath the sea -- The navigator's ancient skills -- Extending the nautical frontiers.

Ships have had a profound effect on civilization. Since prehistoric times man has used them to explore, to trade and to conquer. Control has often brought their destruction. Has many ships of the present, their design, their construction and their employment.

Cian Ó Sé collection.

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