| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| List of Illustrations | xiii | |
| I. | Primitive Experiments in Propulsion — Some Early Experiments with Steam | 1 |
| II. | American Pioneers in Steam Navigation | 19 |
| III. | The Progress of Steam-ship Building in Great Britain | 56 |
| IV. | Railway Companies and their Steam-ships | 102 |
| V. | Opening of the Transatlantic Service | 122 |
| VI. | Development of the Transatlantic Service | 149 |
| VII. | The Development of Steam Auxiliary — Ocean Routes | 164 |
| VIII. | Experimental Iron Shipbuilding — The Great Britain | 193 |
| IX. | Development of Iron Shipbuilding — The Great Eastern | 228 |
| X. | The Building of Steel Ships — Modern Lines — Turbines | 279 |
| XI. | Steam-power and the Navy — Other Navies | 311 |
| XII. | Miscellaneous: Tugs — Cargo-boats — Floating Docks, etc. — Eccentricities of Design | 341 |
| Bibliography | 391 | |
| Index | 395 | |