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Ships, Machinery and Mossback
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Ships, Machinery and Mossback
Contributors:
By (Author) Harold Gardiner Bowen
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
15th February 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
509
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
408
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
567g
Description
As Chief of the Bureau of Engineering, as Director of the Naval Research Laboratory, as industrial troubleshooter for Forrestal, Admiral Bowen frequently was forced to fight the "mossbacks" who stubbornly resisted new inventions and techniques. He was instrumental in the development of high-pressure high-temperature steam for ship turbines, diesel
