1858 On Naval Warfare with Steam

Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

The very scarce first edition of this work from English army general, author, colonial administrator and Member of Parliament General Sir Howard Douglas, 3rd Baronet.

This work addresses the use of steam to propel ships, with detailed analysis of design, steering, propeller and paddle engineering and considerations of speed and manoeuvrability. Douglas goes on to examine tactics, including breaking the line, fuel economy and fleet arrangement.

In the publisher's original cloth binding.

With a publisher's catalogue to the rear dated May, 1858.

Douglas himself fought in the Napoleonic wars in Spain and taught at the Royal Military College, and used his experiences in writing this work.