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Coins, weights and measures, ancient and modern, of all nations ... : also a large collection of specific gravities Millan, John 1749 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:627.72(42)"1746"

Arctic pilot : vol 1 comprising the coasts of the USSR from Mys Belyy Nos, Proliv Yugorskiy Shar to Mys Otto Shmidta including Novaya Zemlya, Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa and all the islands eastward to Ostrova Vrangelya and Herald Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1959 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 527.83

Castle class corvettes : an account of the service of the ships and of their ships' companies /compiled by Norman Goodwin ; edited by Steve Bush. "This is the story of the 39 Castle Class corvettes which played such a vital role in countering the U-Boat threat during the latter stages of the Battle of the Atlantic. From 11th December 1943 to 6th June 1945 they escorted 237 ocean convoys comprising 1,200 merchant ships sailing. Onle ten merchant ships were lost by enemy action. They destroyed 7 U-Boats for the loss of just 3 corvettes."--From dustjacket. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.823.2(42)"1943/1945"

An account of the Marine Society, recommending the piety and policy of the institution, and pointing out the advantages accruing to the nation : with the motives for establishing it : also a full detail of their rules and forms of business : with a list of the subscribers, from the commencement in July 1756, to September 30 1759 : also a proposal for accommodating the boys, equipped by them, in the merchants [sic] service, when the war is finished /by Mr Hanway. Hanway, Jonas 1759 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.

The several plans and drawings referred to in the Third report of the Select Committee upon the Improvement of the Port of London Great Britain. Parliament. Select Committee upon the Improvement of the Port of London 1800 • RARE-OVER • 3 copies available. 627.2(421)

Copyright : interpreting the law for libraries, archives and information services /Graham P. Cornish. "Cornish's Copyright, the standard work in its field, is indispensable for all librarians and information professionals looking for solutions to their copyright problems. The book explains the provisions of the UK Copyright Act and supporting legislation in quick and easy question-and-answer form. This latest edition is revised and expanded in the light of new legislation which came into force in 2014/5 and some decisions by the courts which have changed our understanding of what the law means. Areas such as moral rights, originality, databases, and the use of broadcast material in education all receive detailed attention, along with Wikipedia, Creative Commons and Open Archives. Copyright is also considered in the context of social media. All types of material that may attract copyright are considered, including: literary, dramatic and musical works; artistic works; sound recordings; films and videos; broadcasts; databases; computer programs and websites. The text is amplified by the use of practical examples to illustrate complex points and complemented by a detailed index that enables the enquirer to pinpoint topics and proposed action quickly and accurately. The appendices provide helpful lists of addresses and selected further sources of information."--Provided by the publisher. 2015 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.78

Sword beach : the untold story of D-Day's forgotten victory /Stephen Fisher. "6th June 1944 saw the largest seaborne assault in human history: D-Day. The landings on the five Normandy beaches, Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword, will go down in legend as the first footsteps on the journey to end the war in northern Europe. While much has been written about the operation as a whole, little detailed attention has been paid to the battle for Sword Beach itself, the easternmost of the amphibious attack areas. For the first time, historian and archaeologist Stephen Fisher puts the British landing under the spotlight and using previously unseen research, documents and personal testimonies pieces together the buildup, the day itself and its aftermath in such a way as to uniquely bring the operation to vivid life. Following a massive air and naval bombardment that began before the sun had even risen, the stage was set for the first of tens of thousands of troops to come ashore on Sword that day. It was to be a day of triumph and tragedy as the Allies pushed forward to the key objective of Caen against German defenders who were, uniquely on D-Day, backed up by an armoured division. Never before has this campaign been afforded such insightful and detailed scrutiny. Stephen Fisher brings his considerable knowledge and expertise to paint a thrilling picture of how the deep beachhead was established and pays tribute to the heroism and sacrifices that were made on that fateful day."--Provided by the publisher. 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.5421421

Chatham in the great war. "Chatham played a very important part in the nation's Great War effort. It was one of the British Royal Navy's three 'Manning Ports', with more than a third of the town's ships manned by men allocated to the Chatham Division. The war was only 6 weeks old when Chatham felt the affects of war for the first time. On 22 September 1914, three Royal Naval vessels from the Chatham Division, HMS Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue, were sunk in quick succession by a German submarine, U-9. A total of 1,459 men lost their lives that day, 1,260 of whom were from the Chatham Division. Two months later, on 26 November, the battleship HMS Bulwark exploded and sunk whilst at anchor off of Sheerness on the Kent coast. There was a loss of 736 men, many of whom were from the Chatham area. On 18 August 1914, Private 6737 Walter Henry Smith, who was nineteen and serving with the 6th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, became the first person to be killed during wartime Chatham. He was on sentry duty with a colleague, who accidentally dropped his loaded rifle, discharging a bullet that strook Private Smith and killed him. It wasn't all doom and gloom, however. Winston Churchill, as the First Lord of the Admiralty, visited Chatham early on in the war, on 30 August 1914. On 18 September 1915, two German prisoners of war, Lieutenant Otto Thelen and Lieutenant Hans Keilback, escaped from Donnington Hall in Leicestershire. At first, it was believed they had escaped the country and were on their way back to Germany, but they were re-captured in Chatham four days later. By the end of the war, Chatham and the men who were stationed there had truly played their part in ensuring a historic Allied victory."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 914.223"1914/1918"

A new treatise on the use of the globes : or a philosophical view of the earth and heavens : comprehending an account of the figure, magnitude, and motion of the earth ; with the natural changes of its surface, caused by floods, earthquakes, &c. together with the principles of meteorology, and astronomy ; with the theory of the tides, &c. ; preceded by an extensive selection of astronomical, and other definitions, and illustrated by a great variety of problems, questions for the examination of the student, &c. &c. ; designed for the instruction of youth ... /by Thomas Keith. Keith, Thomas. 1821. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 5.093:094

Allan line daily news : Magazine produced aboard the R.M.S. "Victorian". 1909-1911. • EPHEMERA • 6 copies available. 347.792ALLAN(055)"1909/1911"

Diary and correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S. : secretary to the Admiralty in the reigns of Charles II and James II /the diary deciphered by J. Smith, from the original shorthand ms. in the Pepysian Library ; with a life and notes by Richard Lord Braybrooke. Pepys, Samuel, 1858. • BOOK • 3 copies available. 92PEPYS(093.32)

The Wager disaster : mayhem, mutiny and murder in the south seas /C.H. Layman. "In 1741, Britain and Spain were at war. Commodore Anson and his small squadron battled round Cape Horn into the Pacific to take the war to the Spanish possessions in the South Seas. It was a notable moment in British naval history, when far-sighted men were beginning to realise the great benefits to British trade from a strong Navy with a worldwide reach. There were no accurate charts of the west coast of South America. The marine chronometer had not been invented, so longitude was largely a matter of guesswork. And before the value of lime juice had been recognised, the dreaded scurvy took a grim toll on the health of ships' companies. One of the squadron, HMS Wager, a 6th rate of 28 guns, was driven onto a lee shore in vicious hurricane-force winds and wrecked on an uninhabited island off the coast of what is now Chilean Patagonia. About 140 Wager men reached the land, most of them then to be lost through starvation, exhaustion, hypothermia, drowning, and sometimes violence. Gunner Bulkeley led a party who mutinied against an unpopular captain, and set off in an open boat with no chart. No one approves of mutiny, but his 2500 nautical-mile journey from Chilean Patagonia to Brazil, through the world's worst seas, was an epic feat of navigation, and one of the greatest castaway survival voyages in the annals of the sea. Only 36 men (including Midshipman Byron, grandfather of the poet) eventually made it back to Britain, where their tales of fearful ordeals in a far country caught the imagination of the public. This book uses their accounts to piece together the story of a dramatic fight for survival under extreme conditions. The wrecking of the Wager had surprisingly lasting effects on both the history of Chile and the administration of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, as this book tells. Anson, justly called the Father of the Navy, saw to it that the lessons of the Wager disaster were learned and some important reforms implemented. In 2006 the wreck was discovered by a British expedition, and it is now being studied by Chilean marine archaeologists. Here in the Wager's extraordinary story, is a record of human endurance and perseverance in the face of almost superhuman adversity."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3WAGER

Bye-laws, rules, orders and directions for the better government of His Majesty's Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich Royal Hospital for Seamen (Greenwich) 1776 • RARE-FOLIO • 5 copies available. 094:355.292Greenwich

The principles of Mr. Harrison's time-keeper; with plates of the same /Pub. by order of the Commissioners of Longitude. Harrison, John, 1767. • RARE-BOOK • 6 copies available. 681.113.92:094

The Concise Oxford dictionary of current English : based on the Oxford English dictionary and its supplements. 1976. • BOOK • 10 copies available. 030.8ENGLISH

The history of the Algerines Williams, Jack 1988-1992 • FOLIO • 14 copies available. 940.545:623.829.3

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