| 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] |