Electric Boats and Ships: A History
Author:   Kevin Desmond
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9781476665153


Pages:   281
Publication Date:   05 October 2017
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
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Electric Boats and Ships: A History


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Author:   Kevin Desmond
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.517kg
ISBN:  

9781476665153


ISBN 10:   147666515
Pages:   281
Publication Date:   05 October 2017
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Christoph Ballin Preface One Origins (1837–1889) Two Electric Boats Become Popular (1889–1914) Three The Turboelectric Ship (1920–1960) Four Wartime Interlude Five Rebirth Six The French Connection (1992–) Seven 2000–2009 Eight Wider Still and Wider (2010–2014) Nine In Recent Months (2015–) Ten Towards the Sustainable Electric Ship Appendix A. The World Electric Water Speed Record Appendix B. Tûranor PlanetSolar Appendix C. Cable Electric Boats Appendix D. Electric Boat and Engine Builders (Past and Present) Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Exceptional...should be in the library of anyone who has any interest in electric boats...the definitive book on the subject that defines the word definitive...excellent...covers everything from the first days of electric boats and Gustave Trouve's inventions right up to 2017, with lots of great anecdotes and even more factual information --The International Journal of Electric Boats


"""a highly valuable reference guide""--The Northern Mariner ""Exceptional...should be in the library of anyone who has any interest in electric boats...the definitive book on the subject that defines the word definitive...excellent...covers everything from the first days of electric boats and Gustave Trouvé's inventions right up to 2017, with lots of great anecdotes and even more factual information""--The International Journal of Electric Boats"


“Exceptional...should be in the library of anyone who has any interest in electric boats...the definitive book on the subject that defines the word definitive...excellent...covers everything from the first days of electric boats and Gustave Trouvé's inventions right up to 2017, with lots of great anecdotes and even more factual information”—The International Journal of Electric Boats “a highly valuable reference guide”—The Northern Mariner


Author Information

Kevin Desmond, a technology historian and biographer, lives near Bordeaux in southern France. Since 1976, he has published 33 books and 300-plus articles on the men and women innovators, often forgotten, behind the progress of transport and related subjects.

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