How a Paddle Steamer Changed the Course of History
by
P. J. G. Ransom
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
The passenger steamer burst upon the early nineteenth century with all the suddenness and immediate widespread popularity of electronic communications in our own time. Leading the way was Henry Bell of Helensburgh. When he started to carry passengers down the Clyde in his little steamer Comet in 1812,...