Armstrongs Of Elswick

Author : Kenneth Warren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1349109967

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Armstrongs of Elswick by Kenneth Warren Pdf

Author : Kenneth Warren
Publisher : Springer
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1989-12-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349109944

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Armstrongs of Elswick by Kenneth Warren Pdf

Armstrong, the engineers, armament makers and naval shipbuilders was set up in 1847 by William Armstrong at Elswick, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. This book analyzes Armstrong's 80 years rise, decline and reorganization, treating it, in some ways, as a case study of British industrial malaise.

Author : Roger Lloyd-Jones,M.J. Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317178545

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Arming the Western Front by Roger Lloyd-Jones,M.J. Lewis Pdf

The First World War was above all a war of logistics. Whilst the conflict will forever be remembered for the mud and slaughter of the Western Front, it was a war won on the factory floor as much as the battlefield. Examining the war from an industrial perspective, Arming the Western Front examines how the British between 1900 and 1920 set about mobilising economic and human resources to meet the challenge of 'industrial war'. Beginning with an assessment of the run up to war, the book examines Edwardian business-state relations in terms of armament supply. It then outlines events during the first year of the war, taking a critical view of competing constructs of the war and considering how these influenced decision makers in both the private and public domains. This sets the framework for an examination of the response of business firms to the demand for 'shells more shells', and their varying ability to innovate and manage changing methods of production and organisation. The outcome, a central theme of the book, was a complex and evolving trade-off between the quantity and quality of munitions supply, an issue that became particularly acute during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. This deepened the economic and political tensions between the military, the Ministry of Munitions, and private engineering contractors as the pressure to increase output accelerated markedly in the search for victory on the western front. The Great War created a dual army, one in the field, the other at home producing munitions, and the final section of the book examines the tensions between the two as the country strove for final victory and faced the challenges of the transition to the peace time economy.

Author : Nigel Watson
Publisher : Lloyd's Register
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Maritime Science and Technology: Changing Our World by Nigel Watson Pdf

This book addresses some key questions - Did the marine sector drive the developing technologies? Or did it just adopt them? It would appear that the former is the case - as the industry has moved from sail to steam, from steam to internal combustion engines, from wood to steel and to increasing sizes and types of specialist vessels - the pioneers of naval architects and marine engineers have applied the latest technologies, and our global society has benefited.

Author : Henrietta Heald
Publisher : McNidder and Grace Limited
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857160355

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William Armstrong by Henrietta Heald Pdf

William Armstrong was a brilliant and charismatic figure of the 19th Century – a self-made man whose achievements are now being more widely recognised. Inventor, scientist, engineer, and an early advocator of renewable energy, he built a pioneering house in Northumberland in the North East of England called Cragside, the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity. Armstrong's industrial powerhouse Elswick Works on the Tyne employed over 25,000 people in its heyday manufacturing hydraulic cranes, warships and armaments. He was a visionary who was loved, and hated, and feared in equal measure. While he brought great fame and fortune to his native Newcastle upon Tyne, and to his country as a whole, he was condemned in some quarters as 'a merchant of death' for his manufacturing of weapons of war. 'This intimate, authoritative portrait reveals as never before the extraordinary achievements of a multi-faceted Victorian giant.' David Kynaston 'An excellent book – hugely enjoyable.' Alexander Armstrong

Author : Leone Levi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Legislation
ISBN : HARVARD:32044090357344

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Annals of British Legislation by Leone Levi Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Legislation
ISBN : NYPL:33433006463024

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Annals of British Legislation by Anonim Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555100487

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Reports from Committees by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Joanna Spear
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781009297523

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The Business of Armaments by Joanna Spear Pdf

Explores Britain's most prominent armaments firms and their relationships with the British Government and foreign states from 1855 to 1955.

Author : Edward Pellew Halsted
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017598477

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The Armstrong Gun. A Rejoinder to the Letter of Sir W. Armstrong, 27th November, 1861. Published in “The Times.” by Edward Pellew Halsted Pdf

Author : Craig Armstrong
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526702814

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Northumberland by Craig Armstrong Pdf

Northumberland…to the Romans it was Ad Fines, the limit of the Empire, the end of the Roman World. It was here in 122 AD that the Emperor Hadrian decided to build a wall stretching from coast-to-coast to provide protection, to show the might of the Empire, and as a statement of his grandeur. Visitors to Northumberland can walk the Wall visiting milecastles, Roman frontier forts and settlements such as Housesteads (where you can see the oldest toilets you’ll ever see) or Vindolanda (where you can take part in an archaeological dig) where wooden tablets detailing life on this frontier (the oldest example of written language in Britain) were discovered, or the remains of Roman temples and shrines (such as the Mithraeum at Carrawburgh). After the Romans left, Northumberland became the heart of one of the greatest kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain, Northumbria. The home of Saints, scholars and warrior kings. Visitors can see the ancient seat of this kingdom at the medieval Bamburgh Castle, visit Hexham Abbey (built in 674 AD), or tour the magnificent remains of the 7th century Priory at Tynemouth (where three kings are buried – Oswin (d. 651), Osred (d. 790), and the Scottish King Malcolm III (d. 1093). No other county in Britain has as many medieval remains as Northumberland. From the most grand such as Alnwick Castle (known as the Windsor of the North, the home of the Dukes of Northumberland, the capital of Northumberland, and, to many, Hogwarts!) to humble remains such as the Chantry at Morpeth. At Warkworth visitors can tour the medieval church (scene of a 12th century Scottish massacre), Warkworth Castle (another Percy possession and the setting for a scene in Shakespeare’s Henry IV), a medieval hermitage, and the fortified bridge gatehouse (one of the only surviving examples in Britain). Northumberland was ravaged during the Anglo-Scottish Wars and this led to the development of family clans of Border Reivers who were active during the 16th and early 17th centuries. Raiders, looters, blackmailers and courageous cavalrymen the Reivers have left many surviving remnants of their harsh time. Peel Towers dot the landscape alongside Bastle Houses. The active can even walk in the footsteps of the Reivers by following the Reivers Way long distance path. Victorian Northumberland was dominated by both farming and, increasingly, by the industrial genius of some of its entrepreneurs. The greatest of these, Lord Armstrong (known as the Magician of the North), has left behind one of the most magnificent tourist sites in Britain; his home at Cragside. Carved from a bare hillside and transplanted with millions of trees and shrubs and crowned with the beautiful Cragside House visitors can walk the grounds taking advantage of various trails and spotting wildlife such as red squirrels before visiting the first house in the world to be lit by electricity!

Author : Fred M Walker
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848320727

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Ships and Shipbuilders by Fred M Walker Pdf

In the past three centuries the ship has developed from the relatively unsophisticated sail-driven vessel which would have been familiar to the sailors of the Tudor navy, to the huge motor-driven container ships, nuclear submarines and vast cruise liners that ply our seas today. Who were the innovators and builders who, during that span of time, prompted and instigated the most significant advances? In the past three centuries the ship has developed from the relatively unsophisticated sail-driven vessel which would have been familiar to the sailors of the Tudor navy, to the huge motor-driven container ships, nuclear submarines and vast cruise liners that ply our seas today. Who were the innovators and builders who, during that span of time, prompted and instigated the most significant advances? In this new book the author describes the lives and deeds of more the 120 great engineers, scientists, philosophers, businessmen, shipwrights, naval architects and inventors who shaped ship design and shipbuilding world wide. Covering the story chronologically, and going back briefly even to Archimedes, such well-known names as Anthony Deane, Peter the Great, James Watt, Robert Fulton and Isambard Kingdom Brunel share space with lesser known characters like the luckless Frederic Sauvage, a pioneer of screw propulsion who, unable to interest the French navy in his tests in the early 1830s, was bankrupted and landed in debtor’s prison. With the inclusion of such names as Ben Lexcen, the Australian yacht designer who developed the controversial winged keel for the 1983 America’s Cup, the story is brought right up to date. Concise linking chapters place all these innovators in context so that a clear and fascinating history of the development of ships and shipbuilding emerges from the pages. An original and important new reference book.

Author : Ian Johnston,Ian Buxton
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612519463

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The Battleship Builders by Ian Johnston,Ian Buxton Pdf

The launch in 1906 of HMS Dreadnought, the worldÕs first all-big-gun battleship, rendered all existing battle fleets obsolete while at the same time wiping out the Royal NavyÕs numerical advantage. Britain urgently needed to build an entirely new battle fleet of these larger, more complex and more costly vessels. In this she succeeded spectacularly: in little over a decade fifty such ships were completed, almost exactly double what Germany achieved. This heroic achievement was made possible by the countryÕs vast industrial nexus of shipbuilders, engine manufacturers, armament firms and specialist armor producers, whose contribution to the creation of the Grand Fleet is too often ignored.

Author : Dick Keys,Richard E. Keys,Ken Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Shipbuilding
ISBN : 1857950372

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Down Elswick Slipways by Dick Keys,Richard E. Keys,Ken Smith Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : IND:30000130596905

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Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers by Anonim Pdf