The Coming of the Comet: The Rise and Fall of the Paddle Steamer

by Nick Robins

In August 1812 Henry Bell's Comet, a revolutionary paddle steamer, made her first journey on the Clyde. This marked the start of extraordinary developments that completely transformed shipping and transport in Britain, Europe and the Americas. The paddle steamer soon became the key link with Empire, pushing the Honorable East India Company's wooden walls off the seas; it provided the all- important link with the Americas, and it offered emigrants...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848321341
• ISBN13: 9781848321342
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.2" x 11.7"