THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF STEAM

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF STEAM by Anne and Jean-Pierre Joncheray

Summary:

Supplement to the cahiers d'archéologie subaquatique

This book published by the Cahiers d'Archéologie Subaquatique gathers, under the direction of Jean-Pierre JONCHERAY, fourteen articles written by the best experts and archaeological scientists. Most of the chapters deal with a single wreck, chosen for its innovative technical features, but the book also presents a study of the different types of boilers and systems surviving today... because there are still some!

The Cahiers d'Archéologie Subaquatique are celebrating their half-century of existence and are giving contemporary underwater archaeology its rightful place in a field where, until now, it was only noble if it was ancient