Electric propulsion for boats was developed in the early 19th century and--despite the advent of the internal combustion engine--continued with the perfecting of the modern turbo-electric ship. Sustainable and hybrid technologies, pioneered in small inland watercraft toward the end of the 20th century, have in recent years been scaled up to create integrated electric drives for the largest ocean-going vessels. This comprehensive history traces the birth and rebirth of the electric boat from 1835 to the present, celebrating the Golden Age of electric launches, 1880-1910.
Electric propulsion for boats was developed in the early 19th century and--despite the advent of the internal combustion engine--continued with the perfecting of the modern turbo-electric ship. Sustainable and hybrid technologies, pioneered in small inland watercraft toward the end of the 20th century, have in recent years been scaled up to create integrated electric drives for the largest ocean-going vessels. This comprehensive history traces the birth and rebirth of the electric boat from 1835 to the present, celebrating the Golden Age of electric launches, 1880-1910.
Kevin Desmond, a technology historian and biographer, lives near Bordeaux in southern France. Since 1976, he has published 33 books and 300-plus articles on the men and women innovators, often forgotten, behind the progress of transport and related subjects.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Christoph Ballin Preface One Origins (1837-1889) Two Electric Boats Become Popular (1889-1914) Three The Turboelectric Ship (1920-1960) Four Wartime Interlude Five Rebirth Six The French Connection (1992-) Seven 2000-2009 Eight Wider Still and Wider (2010-2014) Nine In Recent Months (2015-) Ten Towards the Sustainable Electric Ship Appendix A. The World Electric Water Speed Record Appendix B. Tûranor PlanetSolar Appendix C. Cable Electric Boats Appendix D. Electric Boat and Engine Builders (Past and Present) Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Christoph Ballin Preface One Origins (1837-1889) Two Electric Boats Become Popular (1889-1914) Three The Turboelectric Ship (1920-1960) Four Wartime Interlude Five Rebirth Six The French Connection (1992-) Seven 2000-2009 Eight Wider Still and Wider (2010-2014) Nine In Recent Months (2015-) Ten Towards the Sustainable Electric Ship Appendix A. The World Electric Water Speed Record Appendix B. Tûranor PlanetSolar Appendix C. Cable Electric Boats Appendix D. Electric Boat and Engine Builders (Past and Present) Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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