Ship speeds during the Industrial Revolution

East India Company ships, 1770–1828

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9342149
AutoresPeter M Solar (0000-0002-1171-0118, UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels, autor correspondente), Luc Hens (0000-0003-4881-9317, Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Ano2015
Volume20
Fascículo1
Páginas66-78
Data de publicação2015-09-12
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEuropean Review of Economic History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1361-4916 • E-ISSN: 1474-0044
EditoraOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/ereh/hev017
OpenAlexW2323834401
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas15

The duration of voyages to Asia by English East India Company ships fell by a quarter to a third between the 1770s and the 1820s. The adoption of copper sheathing was the main reason for faster passages and worked through two channels. The more direct was to increase sailing speed by about 11 percent. The indirect, but quantitatively more important, effect was to eliminate the need for a stop at or near the Cape. These results show that there were significant improvements in shipping technology well before the use of steam and iron

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