ROSS, John (Sir). A Treatise on Navigation by Steam, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828, 4°, FIRST EDITION, aquatint frontispiece (offsetting to title which is also lightly creased), engraved plate of Royal Clarence Sextant, wood-engravings in text include illustrations of an armoured paddle steamer, later red half roan (worn, upper cover detached). [Maggs Nautica 2625]

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ROSS, John (Sir). A Treatise on Navigation by Steam, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828, 4°, FIRST EDITION, aquatint frontispiece (offsetting to title which is also lightly creased), engraved plate of Royal Clarence Sextant, wood-engravings in text include illustrations of an armoured paddle steamer, later red half roan (worn, upper cover detached). [Maggs Nautica 2625]

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The first naval officer to write on steam was Captain (afterwards Rear-Admiral Sir) John Ross (1777-1856). His Treatise on Navigation, published the year before he sailed on his second voyage in search of the North West Passage, was much in advance of its time, and forerunner of many similar works.

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