Great read - if anyone hasn't found it yet, you can get it free from Google Books:
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZfkOAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Electrical+Boats+and+Navigation&hl=en&ei=lAlUTruYM-XiiALT0oTyDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CEkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
I had no idea there was so much electric boat activity in the 1800s. Imagine where we'd be if the Infernal Combustion Engine hadn't come along when it did!
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Tom" <boat_works@...> wrote:
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> It turns out that the original publication, being out of copyright,is available on-line.
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> -Tom
> --- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Tom" <boat_works@> wrote:
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> > Myles might be referring to "Electrical Boats and Navigation" by T. C. Martin and J. Sachs, originally published 1894.
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> > BOAT HOUSE (caps theirs) re-published it, with some additional material added, in 2002. It is volume V of Elliot Bay Classics.
> > The ISBN is 0-96641204-1-0.
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> > In addition to launches there is much discussion of canal boats, submarines, torpedoes, etc.
> >
> > It is a great book for the marine history buff. I paid way too much for my copy, but it found me at a weak moment.
> >
> > -Tom
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> >
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