History of Propellers and Steam Navigation: With Biographical Sketches of the Early Inventors (1851)

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Robert Macfarlane is a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. His first book, "Mountains of the Mind: Adventures in Reaching the Summit," won a number of prizes in England and was a "New York Times" Notable Book. He has contributed to numerous publications including "The Times Literary Supplement" and "The London Review of Books,"