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IN April 1838, the paddle steamer Sirius, 703 tons gross, won for herself the distinction of being the first vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean under continuous steam power. To celebrate the centenary of this notable achievement, a special exhibition, “One Hundred Years of Transatlantic Steam Navigation”, is being held at the Science Museum, South Kensington, and will be open until mid-September, to show in outline the developments that have marked the growth of this service. An illustrated handbook bearing the same title (London: H.M. Stationery Office. 6d. net) prepared by Mr. H. P. Spratt, the Museum officer responsible for the organization of the exhibition, gives a brief account of the history of the Atlantic steam ferry together with descriptive and historical notes on each of the steamships represented. These exhibit the striking developments which have taken place in naval architecture and in the methods of steam propulsion.
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Centenary of the Atlantic Steam Ferry. Nature 141, 540–541 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141540a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141540a0