Author: William HUTCHINSON (Dock Master at Liverpool.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A treatise founded upon philosophical and rational principles, towards establishing fixed rules for the best form and proportional dimensions ... of Merchant Ships in general, etc
Author: William HUTCHINSON (Dock Master at Liverpool.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Tides of History
Author: Michael S. ReidyPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226709337
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
In the first half of the nineteenth century, the British sought to master the physical properties of the oceans; in the second half, they lorded over large portions of the oceans’ outer rim. The dominance of Her Majesty’s navy was due in no small part to collaboration between the British Admiralty, the maritime community, and the scientific elite. Together, they transformed the vast emptiness of the ocean into an ordered and bounded grid. In the process, the modern scientist emerged. Science itself expanded from a limited and local undertaking receiving parsimonious state support to worldwide and relatively well financed research involving a hierarchy of practitioners. Analyzing the economic, political, social, and scientific changes on which the British sailed to power, Tides of History shows how the British Admiralty collaborated closely not only with scholars, such as William Whewell, but also with the maritime community —sailors, local tide table makers, dockyard officials, and harbormasters—in order to systematize knowledge of the world’s oceans, coasts, ports, and estuaries. As Michael S. Reidy points out, Britain’s security and prosperity as a maritime nation depended on its ability to maneuver through the oceans and dominate coasts and channels. The practice of science and the rise of the scientist became inextricably linked to the process of European expansion.
A Treatise Founded Upon Philosophical and Rational Principles
Author: William HutchinsonThe Tides
Author: Survey of IndiaPublisher:
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Category : Tides
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Inhabited Spaces
Author: Nicole Guenther DiscenzaPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487500653
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
In Inhabited Spaces, Nicole Guenther Discenza examines a variety of Anglo-Latin and Old English texts to shed light on Anglo-Saxon understandings of space.
The System of the World
Author: Pierre Simon marquis de LaplacePublisher:
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
The Nautical Magazine
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
The British Critic
Author: Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal
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Category : Yorkshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
A review of history, antiquities and topography in the county.
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