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Marine Compound Engine/Tramp Ship – 19thC Britain
26th November 2019 @ 6:30 pm
‘A PLAIN SUBSTANTIAL PIECE OF WORKMANSHIP’: Presented by Dr Oliver Carpenter (Science Museum, London) – Development of the marine compound engine made ‘tramping’ across the oceans a viable, economical and profitable venture for the British merchant fleet from the 1870’s and 1880’s.