The Life of Commander Sir Edward Nicholl (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Wignall, Trevor C.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Life of Commander Sir Edward Nicholl The reward for saving money - Some inventions - A lecturer to engineering students - Selected for a £1000 a year position - Earthquakes and hailstorms - Sir Richard Tangye - The turning-point in a career - A shipowner for fourpence!; A fateful meeting - The peer, the engineer, and the clergyman who didn´t like cigars - "I owe you fourpence" - Lord de Blaquiere - A jocular remark and its result - A suggestion from Mr. Jones - An offer - The way to become a shipowner - Two disappointments - A curse on Consols - The story of a fountain pen - The turret ship - The answer to opportunity; An order that could not be obeyed - A quick decision - Champion of the British seaman - A clear statement - Some appreciations - One hundred weeks - A postcard sent to shareholders; The first turret steamer of the "Hall" Line - Her maiden voyage - A working account - "R.N.R. men preferred" - A record - The second turret - Secrets of success - The third turret and four other - The London Coliseum - Other activities - A personal narrative - A break with the bank - Sir Edward Holden´s offer About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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