Author: John Harrison
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Category : Chronometers
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Description of Harrison's chronometer which provided the technical means of solving the centuries old navigational problem of establishing longitude at sea.
The Principles of Mr. Harrison's Time-keeper
Author: John Harrison
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Category : Chronometers
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Description of Harrison's chronometer which provided the technical means of solving the centuries old navigational problem of establishing longitude at sea.
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Category : Chronometers
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Description of Harrison's chronometer which provided the technical means of solving the centuries old navigational problem of establishing longitude at sea.
Science, Utility and Maritime Power
Author: Roger Morriss
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317058860
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Samuel Bentham influenced both the technology and the administrative ideas employed in the management of the British navy. His influence stemmed from his passion for science, from his desire to achieve improvements based on a belief in the principle of Utility, and from experience gained over eleven years in Russia, a large part in the service of Catherine the Great and Prince Potemkin. Having travelled extensively throughout the north and south of Russia, Poland and Siberia, he managed Potemkin’s industries at Krichev, built fast river galleys, armed the Russian flotilla of small craft at Kherson and served with the flotilla that defeated the Turks in the Black Sea. His main ambition was to open river communication in Siberia and develop trade into the Pacific. However he returned to England and in 1796 became Inspector General of Naval Works, a post in which he fought for innovations in the technology and management of the British royal dockyards. Regarded then by the Navy Board as a dangerous maverick, this book reveals the experiences, creativity and thinking that made him a major figure in British naval development.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317058860
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Samuel Bentham influenced both the technology and the administrative ideas employed in the management of the British navy. His influence stemmed from his passion for science, from his desire to achieve improvements based on a belief in the principle of Utility, and from experience gained over eleven years in Russia, a large part in the service of Catherine the Great and Prince Potemkin. Having travelled extensively throughout the north and south of Russia, Poland and Siberia, he managed Potemkin’s industries at Krichev, built fast river galleys, armed the Russian flotilla of small craft at Kherson and served with the flotilla that defeated the Turks in the Black Sea. His main ambition was to open river communication in Siberia and develop trade into the Pacific. However he returned to England and in 1796 became Inspector General of Naval Works, a post in which he fought for innovations in the technology and management of the British royal dockyards. Regarded then by the Navy Board as a dangerous maverick, this book reveals the experiences, creativity and thinking that made him a major figure in British naval development.
Abbott's American Watchmaker and Jeweler
Author: Henry G. Abbott
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Category : Clock and watch making
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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Category : Clock and watch making
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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The Encyclopædia of Arts, Manufactures, and Machinery ...
Author: Peter Barlow
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Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
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Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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Encyclopaedia Metropolitana: Fame-Guernsey
Author: Edward Smedley
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Encyclopaedia Metropolitana; Or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge, on an Original Plan ... with ... Engravings: Mixed sciences
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
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Encyclopædia Metropolitana; Or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge ...
Author: Edward Smedley
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 866
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Encyclopædia Metropolitana; Or Universal Dictionary of Knowledge, on an Original Plan
Author: Edward Smedley
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
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Encyclopaedia Metropolitana; Or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge on an Original Plan Comprising the Twofold Advantage of a Philosophical and an Alphabetical Arrangement, with Appropriate Engravings Edited by Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose
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Languages : en
Pages : 850
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 850
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis
Author: John Wilkes
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Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
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Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
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