steam-navigation

Nautical schools and nautical surveys, and lighthouse boards, with all their attendant scientific researches, and magnetic observations, and voyages of discovery all sprung up -- at once the causes and the consequences of the advancement of his art towards perfection; and latest, though yet far from being the last, all the new knowledge that belongs to steam-navigation has been incorporated in the vast body of nautical science.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various

He gives us a lively impression of the capabilities of the country, and of the results which are to follow the introduction of steam-navigation on the Amoor.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 Various

We left Astrakhan at ten in the evening on board a heavy barge belonging to the Caucasus and Mercury steam-navigation company, towed by a tug down stream at the rate of five or six miles an hour.

Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

Mississippi, is distinguished for the fertility of its soil, and for the extent and gentle slope of its great plains, watered by rivers of great length, and admirably adapted for steam-navigation.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Various

Now let a great and important advance be made, like that of steam-navigation: here, though the engine might be added to the old vessel, yet the wiser and therefore the actual way is to make a new vessel on a modified plan: this may answer to _specific creation_.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 Various

The plan of this steam-navigation is now about ten years old.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Various

The facilities of conveyance afforded by steam-navigation are such, that the merest beggar, provided he can command a sixpence, may get himself carried from Ireland to England.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828 Various

With respect to the coal of Labuan itself, I find no distinct statement beyond the simple fact of the existence of the mineral; but the coal of the two islands in the river, and of the main, is proved to be -- from analysis and trial in steam-navigation -- superior to nearly all the coal which India has hitherto yielded, and equal to some of our best English coals.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

He pressed upon their attention the change which steam-navigation had recently wrought in naval warfare.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various

Simultaneously with these movements in England and Canada, the citizens of the State of Minnesota, after a winter of active discussion, announced a determination to introduce steam-navigation on the Red

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Various