Author: John William Lubbock
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Languages : en
Pages : 24
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On the Tides. From the “Companion to the British Almanac.”
Author: John William Lubbock
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Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Languages : en
Pages : 24
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“The” British Almanac ... Containing the Calendar of Remarkable Days and Terms ... Remarks on the Weather ... Astronomical Facts and Phenomena ...
Companion to the Almanac, Or Yearbook of General Information for ....
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Category : Almanacs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Category : Almanacs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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British Almanac and Companion
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Category : Almanacs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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Category : Almanacs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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British Almanac and Family Cyclopaedia
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Category : Almanacs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Category : Almanacs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Tides of History
Author: Michael S. Reidy
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226709337
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 405
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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.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226709337
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 405
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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.
Catalogue de la Bibliothèque du Parlement du Canada
Author: Canada. Parlement. Bibliothèque
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
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The Machine in Neptune's Garden
Author: Helen M. Rozwadowski
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ISBN: 9780881353723
Category : Oceanography
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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ISBN: 9780881353723
Category : Oceanography
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Mechanic's Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal & Gazette
British Almanac and Family Cyclopaedia
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Category : Almanacs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Category : Almanacs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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