Ships / Edward V. Lewis and Robert O'Brien.
By: Lewis, Edward V [author.].
Contributor(s): O'Brien, Robert [author.] | Time-Life Books.
Material type: BookSeries: 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: 623.8Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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 |
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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.