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JUST when the S.S. Sinus and the S.S. Great Western were being advertised to sail on their first passages to New York, and on the day, March 31, 1838, the Great Western left the Thames for the Severn, preparatory to starting on her voyage on April 8, the Athenceutn published an article running to four pages under the title "Atlantic Steam Navigation". This was one of several articles in the same journal all of which were written with a good knowledge of the subject and in an unprejudiced manner. From the article which appeared in the issue of March 31, the following passages are taken :
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Transatlantic Steam Navigation a Century Ago. Nature 141, 566 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141566a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141566a0