Engines of Rebellion: Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the American Civil War
(Part of the Maritime Currents: History and Archaeology Series)
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A challenge to the prevailing idea that Confederate ironclads were inherently defective The development of steam propulsion machinery in warships during the nineteenth century, in conjunction with iron armor and shell guns, resulted in a technological revolution in the world's navies. Warships utilizing all of these technologies were built in France and Great Britain in the 1850s, but it was during the American Civil War that large...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0817319867
ISBN13:9780817319861
Release Date:August 2018
Publisher:University Alabama Press
Length:280 Pages
Weight:1.32 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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