IMPROVEMENTS in STEAMSHIPS by LUNDBORG/NAVY, RARE 1884

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IMPROVEMENTS in STEAMSHIPS by LUNDBORG/NAVY, RARE 1884 STEAMSHIP INVENTIONS for U.S.NAVY/ILLUSTRATED/ $300+ IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAMBOATS: MEMORIAL RELATING TO INVENTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAMSHIPS. BY CAPT. CHARLES G. LUNDBORG, FORMERLY OF THE ROYAL SWEDISH NAVY. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 48TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, MIS. DOC. NO. 36. RECOMMITTED THE COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN SHIP-BUILDING AND SHIP-OWNING INTERESTS AND ORDERED TO BE PRINTED, FEBRARY 12, 1884. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1884. First Edition. Very Rare. A nice First Edition of this exceedingly rare and fascinating book about the latest developments in steamship designs. This book contains 2 fine plates of photographs showing large steamships and it has 4 large folding plates. The autho was a Swedish inventor and captain and in this book he offers innovative steamship designs for use by the US Navy. Published more than 125 years ago, this book is now rare and long been out of print. There are no othe First Edition copies of this book listed for sale on the intnernet, worldwide, at any price. Such a nice First Edition book is not likely to come up for sale again soon on ebay. From Page 1: "To the Congress of the United States: An effective navy and an adequate merchant marine are national necessities. The present condition of our Navy fills patriotic citizens with alarm and humiliation, while our merchant marine is inadequate to perform 15 per cent of our ocean carrying trade. It is demonstrated by reliable statistics that the carrying capacity of our merchant marine has decreased in the last decade in about the same proportion that our exports and imports have increased. These startling facts have for some time challenged public attention, and they are now beginning to excite public concern...Up to 1860 the Americans had perfected the wooden ship. With boundless forests to supply material, with matchless genius to design, and with incomparable skill to construct, they led the world, and had not iron and steel so largely superseded wood in shipbuilding, the Americans would no doubt still hold the ascendency on the ocean. "The advent of the iron ship, however, radically altered the conditions and the abundant cheap supply of the material entering into its construction, together with the more general adoption of the steam-engine instead of sails, gave to England even greater advantages than had previously enjoyed by the Americans in the era of the wooden ship...the invention of your memorialist, to which your attention is respectfully invited, is the first radical deviation, based upon scientific principles, from the prevailing ship model, and among the principles and advantages claimed for it we specify the following...The design makes it possible to combine the finest lines for high speed with great carrying power...The design is eminently adapted for the use of twin screws, as the form of the submerged stern affords a perfect support to the propeller shafts...A vessel of this form will not roll or pitch as much as vessels of the common type...The rudder may be made lighter and have considerably less area than in ships of the ordinary kind...the ship will stand upright, and may be moved about or go to sea without ballast...This invention is a bold step forward, but in strict conformity with and adherence to the scientific principles of naval architecture, and it is covered by letters of patent in this country and in Europe...May it not, therefore, be assumed that if this invention possesses the merit conceded for it by the eminent shipbuilders who have examined and approved it, that its development and application by the United States Government would be the surest and most speedy means of laying a reliable foundation for an effective navy, and for a merchant marine adequate to the demands of our ocean carrying trade...We respectfully submit this important invention to your most favorable consideration..." Contents include: Inventions & Improvements; Remarks explanatory of the invention; Some remarks upon and ext... read more

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