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A general and elementary view of the undulatory theory, as applied to the dispersion of light, and some other subjects Powell, Baden 1841 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 535:094

Patchwork / by Basil Hall. Hall, Basil, 1841. • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:910.4"18"

Essai sur la construction navale des peuples extra-Europeens : ou collection des navires et pirogues construits par les habitants de l'Asie, de la Malaisie, du Grand Ocean et de l'Amerique ... pendant les voyages autour du monde de l'Astrolabe, la Favorite et l'Artemise Pãaris, Edmond, 1841 • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 629.123.16(5/9)

Going deep : John Philip Holland and the invention of the attack submarine /Lawrence Goldstone. "From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea to The Hunt for Red October, readers the world over have demonstrated an enduring fascination with travel under the sea. Yet the riveting story behind the invention of the submarine-an epic saga of genius, persistence, ruthlessness, and deceit-is almost completely unknown. Like Henry Ford and the Wright brothers, John Philip Holland was completely self-taught, a brilliant man raised in humble circumstances, earning his living as a schoolteacher and choirmaster. But all the while he was obsessed with creating a machine that could successfully cruise beneath the waves. His struggle to unlock the mystery behind controlled undersea navigation would take three decades, during which he endured skepticism, disappointment, and betrayal. But his indestructible belief in himself and his ideas led him to finally succeed where so many others had failed. Going Deep is a vivid chronicle of the fierce battles not only under the water, but also in the back rooms of Wall Street and the committee rooms of Congress. A rousing adventure-surrounded by an atmosphere of corruption and greed-at its heart this a story of bravery, passion, and the unbreakable determination to succeed against long odds."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.462.7

Gordon Bennett and the first yacht race across the Atlantic / Sam Jefferson. "The 1866 transatlantic yacht race was a match that saw three yachts battle their way across the Atlantic in the dead of winter in pursuit of a $90,000 prize. Six men died in the brutal and close-fought contest, and the event changed the perception of yachting from a slightly effete gentlemen's pursuit into something altogether more rugged and adventurous. The race also symbolized the beginning of America's 'gilded age', with its associated obscene wealth and largesse (the $90,000 prize put up by the three contestants is about $15 million in today's money), as well as the thawing of relations between the US and UK. The narrative focuses on the victorious yacht Henrietta and her owner James Gordon Bennett. Bennett was the son of the multimillionaire proprietor of the New York Herald, and a notorious playboy. His infamous stunts included driving his carriage through the streets of New York naked, tipping a railway porter $30,000, and turning up at his own engagement party blind drunk and mistaking the fire for a urinal, which led to the coining of the phrase 'Gordon Bennett!'. However, Bennett was also a serious yachtsman and had served with distinction during the civil war aboard Henrietta, and he was the only owner to be aboard his own boat during the race. Other characters include Bennett's captain Samuel Samuels (legendary clipper skipper, ex-convict and occasional vaudeville actor), financier Leonard Jerome, aboard Henrietta as race invigilator (he also happened to be grandfather to Winston Churchill) and Stephen Fisk, a journalist so desperate to cover the race that he evaded a summons to appear as a witness in court and instead smuggled himself aboard Henrietta in a crate of champagne. Using the framework of the race to discuss the various historical themes, there's ample drama, and the diverse and eccentric range of characters ensure that this is a book laced with plenty of human interest, scandal and adventure."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 797.144.092.1(261)

Statistical reports on the health of the Navy, for the years 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, and 1836. 1841. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.6:311

Jack Tench : or, The midshipman turned idler /by Blowhard. Blowhard. 1841. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 820-3

White rajah / Nigel Barley. A biography of Sir James Brooke (1803-1868), soldier and adventurer who founded the Raj of Sarawak and ruled as its first White Rajah from 1841 until his death. Resigning his commision from the Bengal Army, he unsuccessfully attempted to trade in the Far East before assisting the Sultan of Brunei to quash an uprising. In return for Brooke's assistance the Sultan awarded him the governorship of Sarawak. Complete sovereignty of Sarawak was ceded to Brooke in 1842. Brooke later presented the Island of Labuan to the British Government and became its governor and commander-in-chief in 1848. His reign was controversial with accusations of his excessive use of force against natives, under the guise of anti-piracy operations, leading to the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry in Singapore in 1854. 2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BROOKE

Tom Bowling : a tale of the sea Chamier, Frederick 1841 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 820-3

Tracing your family history using the census : a guide for family historians /Emma Jolly. "The census is an essential survey of our population, and it is a source of basic information for local and national government and for various organizations dealing with education, housing, health and transport. Providing the researcher with a fascinating insight into who we were in the past, Emma Jolly's new handbook is a useful tool for anyone keen to discover their family history. With detailed, accessible and authoritative coverage, it is full of advice on how to explore and get the most from the records. Each census from 1841 to 1911 is described in detail, and later censuses are analyzed too. The main focus is on the census in England and Wales, but censuses in Scotland, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are all examined and the differences explained. Particular emphasis is placed on the rapidly expanding number of websites that offer census information, making the process of research far easier to carry out. The extensive appendix gathers together all the key resources in one place. Emma Jolly's guide is an ideal introduction and tool for anyone who is researching the life and times of an ancestor." --Provided by the publisher 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 929.1072041

Antarctica : the Ross sea region "Antarctica is a vast island lying remote at the southern extremity of the earth. [...] For over 300 years mariners and explorers sought the legendary southern continent, only to be repelled by the continent's protective screen of sea ice. In 1841 James Clark Ross, a British naval officer, penetrated this screen and found himself in an open sea which was subsequently named after him. The Ross sea became the gateway through which Amundsen, Scott, and Shackleton made their legendary attempts on the South Pole. [...] This superbly produced book describes the early exploration of the Ross sea region and then details our current knowledge of this fascinating part of Antarctica. Splendid colour and black white photos, as well as line figures, appear throughout the clear and lively text".--Provided by the publisher. 1990 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 5(99:931)

Paul Periwinkle: or, The pressgang :in three books/By the author of "Cavendish","The flying Dutchman", "Naval surgeon", etc ;Embellished by 40 etchings, drawn and engraved by "Phiz" [pseud.]. Neale, W. Johnson-(William Johnson), 1841. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-311.4

The China station : war and diplomacy, 1830-1860 / by Gerald S. Graham. Graham, Gerald S 1978. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1830/1860"(51)

An epitome, historical and statistical, descriptive of the Royal Naval Service Miles, E 1841 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:355.353(42)"18"

Hand book for India and Egypt : comprising the narrative of a journey from Calcutta to England by way of the River Ganges, the north west of Hindostan, the Himalayas, the rivers Sutledge and Indus, Bombay and Egypt, and hints for the guidance of passengers by that and other overland routes to the three presidencies of India Parbury, George. 1841. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:915.4(026)

Fasti Hellenici. The civil and literary chronology of GReece, from the LVth to the CXXIVth Olympiad Clinton, Henry Fynes 1841 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 529:094

Remarks on heaving down a seventy-two gun ship, shewing the strain to be resisted, and in what manner the established allowance of stores may be rendered available, with an abridged account of the method pursued by Her Majesty's ship Melville, in Chusan harbour; to which is added a short account of HMS Medina in Port Leono ... Harris, Robert 1841 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82Medina

The life, journals, and correspondence of Samuel Pepys... Secretary to the Admiralty in the reigns of Charles II and James II, including a narrative of his voyage to Tangier Pepys, Samuel, 1841 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:92Pepys(093.2/.32)

Observations made at the magnetical and meteorological observatory at the Cape of Good Hope / printed by order of Her Majesty's government, under the superintendence of Lieut.-Colonel Edward Sabine of the Royal Artillery. Sabine, Edward,-Sir, 1851. • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 528.236.5:094

Notable Barber Surgeons / edited by Ian Burn. A collection of essays, each of which provides an account of the life and achievements of a leading member of the Company of Barbers and Surgeons, one of the London-based livery companies. Those covered by an essay are: Thomas Vicary (1495-1562), Thomas Gale (1507-1587), Edmund Harman (1509-1577), John Caius (1510-1573), Robert Balthrop (1522-1591), John Banester (1533-1610), William Clowes (1544-1604), John Gerard (1545-1612), John Woodall (1570-1643), Thomas Hollier (1609-1690), Sir Charles Scarburgh (1615-1694), Jonathan Goddard (1617-1676), Richard Wiseman (1620-1676), Charles Bernard (1650-1711), Edward Tyson (1651-1708), William Cheselden (1688-1752), John Ranby (1703-1773), John Paterson (1705-1789), Charles John Shoppee (1823-1897), Thomas James Barratt (1841-1914), Sidney Young (1843-1914), and Alfred Webb-Johnson (1880-1958). 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BARBER SURGEONS

Business and financial papers, 1780-1939: Series 1, Part 1: Colonial Gazette, • MICROFILM • 8 copies available.

Churchill and Fisher : titans at the Admiralty /Barry Gough. "A vivid study in the politics and stress of high command, this book describes the decisive roles of young Winston Churchill as political head of the Admiralty and the ageing Admiral 'Jacky'Fisher as professional master and creator of Dreadnought, locked together in perilous destiny. Upon these Titans at the Admiralty rested Allied command of the sea at the moment of its supreme test, the challenge presented by the Kaiser's navy under the dangerous Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz. Churchill and Fisher exhibited vision, genius, and energy, but the war unfolded in unexpected ways. German cruisers escaped to Constantinople bringing Turkey into the war, and though Coronel's disaster was redeemed at the Falklands, Jellicoe's Grand Fleet was forced to seek refuge from U-boats; the torpedo and mine became prominent, to German advantage. There were no Trafalgars, no Nelsons. Press and Parliament became battlegrounds for a public expecting decisive victory at sea. Then the ill-fated Dardanelles adventure, 'by ships alone' as Churchill determined, on top of the Zeppelin raids brought about Fisher's departure from the Admiralty, in turn bringing down Churchill. Wilderness years followed, with Churchill commanding a battalion on the Western Front and Fisher chairing an inventions board seeking an electronic countermeasure to the lethal U-boat. This dual biography, based on fresh and thorough appraisal of the Churchill and Fisher papers, is a story for the ages. It is about Churchill's and Fisher's war & how each fought it, how they waged it together, and how they fought against each other, face to face or behind the scenes. It reveals a strange and unique pairing of sea lords who found themselves facing Armageddon and seeking to maintain the primacy of the Royal Navy, the guardian of trade, the succour of the British peoples, and the shield of Empire."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92CHURCHILL

A code of signals for the use of the mercantile navy Walker, B J 1841 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:627.724(100)"1841"

Report upon the primary triangulation of the United States Lake survey / by Lieut.-Col. C. B. Comstock ... aided by the assistants on the survey. Comstock, C. B.-(Cyrus Ballou), 1882. • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 528.331(73)

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