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Author : John SELLER (Hydrographer)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1691
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0021170532
Author : Richard J. Campbell,Peter T. Bradley,Joyce Lorimer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 969 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351168540
In 2009, after a public appeal, the British Library purchased a manuscript ‘Booke’, which Captain Narbrough bought in 1666 and into which he subsequently entered his journals of his voyages and correspondence relating to them. The ‘Booke’ contains his own fair copy of the journal of his voyage through the Strait of Magellan and north to Valdivia in the Sweepstakes, 1669-1671. This is published here for the first time, together with an incomplete and somewhat different copy of the journal, held in the Bodleian Library, which was made for him by a clerk after he returned to England, and which was partially published in 1694. Both versions of the journal together with previously unpublished records made by members of his company, as well as reproductions of the charts which Narbrough relied on and those he produced, are printed here. Narbrough's mission was to carry out a passenger who referred to himself as Don Carlos Enriques and who claimed to have expert knowledge of Peru and Chile, and contacts with disaffected colonists and indigenous peoples. Don Carlos's written proposals to King Charles II and his ministers, only recently discovered, are here translated from Spanish, and give a clear sense of the character, if not the real identity, of an adventurer, who gave the authorities in England, Chile and Peru totally different and changing stories about his status and the purpose of the voyage. Narbrough's conduct of the voyage has been criticized by later authors who have focussed on his inability recover four of his ship’s company from detention in Valdivia and the lack of tangible results, in the form of trade or contacts with indigenous groups. The more complete story provided here shows that Narbrough carried out his ambiguous orders to the letter. His chart of the Strait of Magellan remained the principal chart of the area for the next century. King Charles II and James, Duke of York, both recognized his abilities. He was rapidly re-employed in naval service, subsequently knighted, and rose to become a Commissioner of the Navy and Commander in Chief in the Mediterranean.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11786374
Author : British museum. Dept. of printed books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Electronic
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030015570981
Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : English imprints
ISBN : IND:30000092329972
Author : British Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1002 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Electronic
ISBN : SRLF:A0007886351
Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1002 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : English literature
ISBN : UOM:39015073454731
Author : British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1236 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : English imprints
ISBN : PSU:000030001039
Author : William Mountaine,Charles Povey,Thomas Binning,Robert Waddington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1781
Category : Ordnance, Naval
ISBN : OCLC:506066552
Author : John Seller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1682
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:165976064
Author : Paul K. Walker
Publisher : The Minerva Group, Inc.
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1410201732
This collection of documents, including many previously unpublished, details the role of the Army engineers in the American Revolution. Lacking trained military engineers, the Americans relied heavily on foreign officers, mostly from France, for sorely needed technical assistance. Native Americans joined the foreign engineer officers to plan and carry out offensive and defensive operations, direct the erection of fortifications, map vital terrain, and lay out encampments. During the war Congress created the Corps of Engineers with three companies of engineer troops as well as a separate geographer's department to assist the engineers with mapping. Both General George Washington and Major General Louis Lebéque Duportail, his third and longest serving Chief Engineer, recognized the disadvantages of relying on foreign powers to fill the Army's crucial need for engineers. America, they contended, must train its own engineers for the future. Accordingly, at the war's end, they suggested maintaining a peacetime engineering establishment and creating a military academy. However, Congress rejected the proposals, and the Corps of Engineers and its companies of sappers and miners mustered out of service. Eleven years passed before Congress authorized a new establishment, the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers.
Author : Brett Kaufman,Clyde L. Briant
Publisher : Springer
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319937557
This edited volume examines metallurgical technologies and their place in society throughout the centuries. The authors discuss metal alloys and the use of raw mineral resources as well as fabrication of engineered alloys for a variety of applications. The applications covered in depth include financial, mining and smelting, bridges, armor, aircraft, and power generation. The authors detail the multiple levels and scales of impact that metallurgical advances have had and continue to have on society. They include case studies with guidance for future research design and innovation of metallic materials relevant to societal needs. Includes case studies written by industry professionals with guidance for future research design and innovation; Demonstrates metal materials design that reflects relevant societal needs; Covers a broad range of applied materials used in aircraft, armor, bridges, and power generation, among others.
Author : Matteo Valleriani
Publisher : Springer
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319456713
The Structures of Practical Knowledge investigates the nature of practical knowledge – why, how, when and by whom it is codified, and once codified, how this knowledge is structured. The inquiry unfolds in a series of fifteen case studies, which range in focus from early modern Italy to eighteenth century China. At the heart of each study is a shared definition of practical knowledge, that is, knowledge needed to obtain a certain outcome, whether that be an artistic or mechanical artifact, a healing practice, or a mathematical result. While the content of practical knowledge is widely variable, this study shows that all practical knowledge is formally equivalent in following a defined workflow, as reflected in a construction procedure, a recipe, or an algorithm. As explored in the volume’s fifteen contributions, there are three levels at which structures of practical knowledge may be understood and examined. At the most immediate level, there are the individual workflows that encompasses practical knowledge itself. Probing further, it is possible to examine the structure of practical knowledge as it is externalized and codified in texts, drawings, and artifacts such as models. Finally, practical knowledge is also related to social structures, which fundamentally determine its dissemination and evolution into new knowledge structures. The social structures of professionals and institutions represent the critical means by which practical knowledge takes form. These actors are the agents of codification, and by means of selection, appropriation, investment, and knowledge development, they determine the formation of new structures of practical knowledge. On a more abstract level, the creation of new knowledge structures is understood as constituting the basis for the further development of scientific knowledge. Rich in subject matter and incisive in the theory it lays out, this volume represents an important contribution to the history of science and epistemology. Individually, the fifteen case studies – encompassing the history of architecture, mining, brewing, glass production, printing, ballistics, mechanics, cartography, cosmology and astronomy – are replete with original research, and offer new insights into the history of science. Taken together, the contributions remodel historical epistemology as a whole, elucidating the underlining knowledge structures that transcend disciplinary boundaries, and that unite practitioners across time and space.
Author : John Seller
Publisher : Academic Resources Corp
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Navigation
ISBN : MINN:31951D01084748V
Author : Henry Dircks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Industrial arts
ISBN : DMM:057002508026
