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Shaping the day : a history of timekeeping in England and Wales 1300-1800 /Paul Glennie and Nigel Thrift. Glennie, Paul. 2009. • BOOK • 3 copies available. 529.7(93)
British abolitionism and the question of moral progress in history / edited by Donald A. Yerxa. "In this collection historians use the abolition of the British slave trade as a case study for exploring the larger interpretive question of moral progress in history. Approaching their subject from the standpoints of social, economic, religious, scientific, and political history, the fourteen contributors explore connections between religious belief and social transformation, the material and cultural structures needed to translate altruism into successful political movements."--Provided by the publisher. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.8(42)
Interpreting maritime history at museums and historic sites / edited by Joel Stone. "Interpreting Maritime History at Museums and Historic Sites lays the groundwork for keeping this heritage alive in museums and historic sites. It provides the broadest spectrum of discussion and direction for those approaching new installations, projects and programming."--Provided by the publisher. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 069(26)
Looking for longitude : a cultural history /Katy Barrett. "Why make a joke out of a niche and complex scientific problem? That is the question at the heart of this book, which unearths the rich and surprising history of trying to find longitude at sea in the eighteenth century. Not simply a history on water, this is the story of longitude on paper, of the discussions, satires, diagrams, engravings, novels, plays, poems and social anxieties that shaped how people understood longitude in William Hogarth's London. We start from a figure in one of Hogarth's prints - a lunatic incarcerated in the madhouse of A Rake's Progress in 1735 - to unpick the visual, mental and social concerns which entwined around the national concern to find a solution to longitude. Why does longitude appear in novels, smutty stories, political critiques, copyright cases, religious tracts and dictionaries as much as in government papers? This sheds new light on the first government scientific funding body - the Board of Longitude - established to administer vast reward money for anyone who found a means of accurately measuring longitude at sea. Meet the cast of characters involved in the search for longitude, from famous novelists and artists to almost unknown pamphleteers and inventors, and see how their interactions informed the fate of longitude's most famous pursuer, the clockmaker John Harrison"--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 526/.62021
Science, literature, and rhetoric in early modern England / edited by Juliet Cummins and David Burchell. c2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 821.111:001.3(410.1)"15/17"
By road across the sea : the history of the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company Ltd Colonel Frank Bustard (1886-1974), the founder of the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company (ASN), joined the White Star Line in 1902 as an office apprentice. Bustard left the White Star Line on its merger with Cunard in 1934 and formed the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company in 1936. His business model was to offer cheaper travel across the Northern Atlantic but his plans were changed by the outbreak of war in 1939. Chartering, and then modifying, three tank landing ships at the end of the war, Bustard won a contract to return military vehicles and effectively launched the first roll-on-roll-off service for road vehicles with the first voyage of the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company taking place in 1946 when the Empire Baltic was used to ship vehicles from Tilbury to Rotterdam. The fleet expanded to include further modified landing ships and purpose-built vessels designed to carry freight and passenger vehicles and with on-board accommodation. In 1954, ASN was taken over by the British Transport Commission and then on the dissolution of the Commission in 1962, the company's ownership was transferred to the newly formed Transport Holding Company. Becoming a subsidiary of the National Freight Corporation in 1968, the company reverted to private ownership in 1971, becoming part of the European Ferries Group better known as Townsend Thoresen and then, in 1986, that business was acquired by P&O European Ferries. Chapters include the recollections of some who worked for ASN including Captains Close and Harrison, Hugh Ghee (Senior Purser), S. Livingstone, John Hendy and Bernard McCall. A fleet list is included with details of ship name, builders, year of build, gross tonnage and service period. The text is illustrated with photographs of the ships. 1990. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 347.792ASN
HMS Centurion, 1733-1769 : an historic biographical-travelogue of one of Britain's most famous warships and the capture of the Nuestra Senora De Covadonga treasure galleon /Shirley Fish. "When the Centurion and a squadron of six vessels and 1,959 men and boys set out from England in 1740, on a round-the-world expedition, they were unaware of the terrifying events that awaited them in the days ahead. The squadron, under the command of Commodore George Anson, had departed from England with every hope of a successful mission to harass and take prizes in the Spanish possessions of the Americas and in Asia. The journey proved more challenging than anticipated, and at times, it seemed nightmarish and beyond anything experienced by the crew. The ship survived two huge waves and a lightning strike. Then, there was the great loss of life amongst the crew who perished due to the devastating symptoms of scurvy. Despite these setbacks, there were moments of pure joy, especially when the Centurion captured the fabulously wealthy Manila-Acapulco Galleon in the Philippines, the Nuestra Senora de Covadonga. Throughout the Centurion's career as a royal naval warship in the eighteenth century, she played a role in the capture of Quebec during the French and Indian War and the invasion of Havana in the Seven Years War. She was also instrumental when dealing with the Barbary Corsairs of Algeria and Morocco. Amongst the famous men who sailed on this vessel were John Harrison, the inventor of the first maritime sea clock, and Joshua Reynolds, the celebrated portrait painter. The details of the journeys to the Americas, Asia, and Europe are described in this biographical-travelogue of the Centurion."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82CENTURION
National Maritime Museum : annual report : 1976. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) [1977]. • PAMPHLET • 6 copies available. 069(26:421.6)
Eclaircissemens sur l'invention, la theorie, la construction, et les epreuves des nouvelles machines proposees en France, pour la determination des longitudes en mer par la mesure du temps : Servant de suite a l'essai sur l'horlogerie & au traites des horloges marine, de reponse a un ecrit qui a pour titre: Precis des recherches faites en France pour la determination des longitudes en mer par la mesure artificielle du temps /par M. Ferdinand Berthoud Berthoud, Ferdinand 1773 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:528.282
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Matthew, H.C.G 2004 • BOOK • 61 copies available. 92(42)