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India and British portraiture, 1770-1825 / Mildred Archer. Archer, Mildred. 1979. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 757/.0941

The tavern clock / Martin Gatto. Gatto, Martin. 2009. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 681.113075

Between France and New France : life aboard the tall sailing ships /by Gilles Proulx. "Between France and New France is an absorbing look at life aboard the sailing vessels which plied the North Atlantic during the French colonial era in North America. Focusing on the first half of the eighteenth century and the Seven Years' War period, this book analyses four major aspects of the crossing: maritime traffic and the outfit of vessels; the Atlantic course and navigation; the people and their occupations; and life aboard the ship. Together they present a fascinating view of sea life. Gilles Proulx has used official correspondence between the Minister of Marine and the Canadian colonial authorities, and the papers seized on boarded vessels, as well as over one hundred log-books and personal diaries, to obtain a wealth of detail about the rigours of the colonial shipboard experience. In addition, many photographs, both colour and black and white, have been included to illustrate this exciting period in Canadian history."--Provided by the publisher. 1984. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 387.5/0971

Burlington House : home of the Royal Academy of Arts /Nicholas Savage. "On Charles II's restoration to the throne in 1660, four of his supporters were provided with plots of land in a leafy suburb of London, on which to build their extravagant town palaces. The only one to survive - built for the poet and courtier Sir John Denham (1615-1669) and now situated in the heart of Piccadilly - became the home of the Royal Academy of Arts, its exhibitions and its Schools. This significant study charts the history of the estate through its many owners, including the 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694-1753), who gave the house not only its name but also its influential character and distinctive architecture, which remains an unparalleled example of the Palladian style in England. Nicholas Savage's thorough research studies 350 years of social and architectural history, as well as revealing the next phase in the life of the estate, with the joining up of Burlington House and James Pennethorne's nineteenth-century neo-classical building that was constructed in its garden. This link opens up Burlington House as never before in a breath-taking redevelopment led by Sir David Chipperfield to celebrate the institution's 250th anniversary."--Provided by the publisher. [2018] • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 728.809421/23

The bye-laws and regulations of the Marine Society, instituted in M.DCC.LVI. incorporated in M.DCC.LXXII. Bishopsgate-street, London : containing an historical account of this institution, with remarks on the usefulness of it Marine Society (London, England) 1829. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.

America's naval heritage : a catalog of early imprints from the Navy Department Library "The catalog represents a milestone for the Naval Historical Center as it presents to the public exciting samples heretofore unrecorded in any similar bibliography. From unique manuscript cruise journals of the early sailing navy to original blueprints for the first successful U.S. submarine design, from the original rules and regulations adopted for the Naval Academy at Annapolis to the 1895 laws regulating the first naval reserve, the rare books and manuscripts of the Navy Department Library present an eclectic mix of titles on the United States Navy."--Taken from the Foreword. 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(73):352.852

Information Professional 2002- • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Admiralty manual of navigation. Great Britain.-Admiralty 1955-1960. • RARE-BOOK • 4 copies available. 527

Hawaiian national bibliography 1780-1900 2000- • BOOK • 3 copies available. 015(969)

Low cost/no cost tips for sustainability in cultural heritage : reduce your impact on the planet /Lorranine Finch "Packed full of achievable and clever ways to reduce your impact on the planet, Low Cost/No Cost Tips for Sustainability in Cultural Heritage is simple, clear and easy to follow. It is stuffed with actions that you can take straight away, for little or no cost, that will have an immediate effect, regardless of whether you work in heritage or not."--Provided by the publisher. 2022 • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Voyage to the desert / Peter Vaux Vaux, Peter 2002 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 629.123.4City of London

The watch repairer's manual / Henry B Fried. "As The New York Times wrote after his death, Henry B. Fried was 'widely acknowledged as the dean of American watchmakers.' In the revised, 1961 edition of his classic book The Watch Repairer's Manual, reprinted here, Fried addresses topics important to contemporary watch repairers, such as self-winding watches, waterproofing, calendar watches, alarm wristwatches, and chronographs. The Watch Repairer's Manual also includes a fine visual dictionary of exploded views in isometric, which are very helpful for ordering watch parts. One of the few modern books available on the techniques of watch repair and certainly the most esteemed, The Watch Repairer's Manual is outstanding for its sequence of presentation and its many useful illustrations, including enlarged details of alarm and self-winding watches. The consummate craftsman and master of details, Fried himself created the illustrations. From teaching others, Fried has learned that if you have a good understanding of how and why the mechanisms work, you will become better at fixing any problems you face - often without needing to consult a book. The Watch Repairer's Manual provides: helpful background material, such as full descriptions of the main divisions of the modern watch mechanisms, including the purpose and function of each unit; complete directions for cleaning and overhauling a watch movement for casing; a section devoted to general repairs and troubleshooting. For anyone interested in watch repair, this volume will serve as a working manual, a reference manual, and even a course of study. Assuming little previous knowledge on the part of the reader, Fried provides complete and clear detail on each operation. The Watch Repairer's Manual should be of great value to the student, hobbyist, watch collector, and instrument maker."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 681.11

Titanic's unlucky seven : the story of the ill-fated liner's officers /James W. Bancroft "The disaster which befell RMS Titanic has become one of the most investigated and analysed maritime tragedies of all time. Yet there is much still to be untangled from the web of mystery which still surrounds this confused, catastrophic event. The people on board were proud to be part of the ship's highly-publicised first voyage, but as the first batch of officers reported for duty in Belfast to prepare her for her trial trip to Southampton and beyond, they could not have imagined the fate which awaited them. Titanic was, after all, 'unsinkable'. It is exclusively through the eyes of seven unlucky men - the small group of officers onboard for that doomed voyage - that the author reveals the tragedy as it unfolded that night in April 1912. From their assignment to the White Star liner through to their eventual fates. Each one of these seven men behaved with great courage and discipline in a situation beyond anything they had previously experienced and some of the officers left accounts of the horrors they witnessed. Of this small group, four were members of the Royal Naval Reserve; this included Charles Lightoller, who was the Second Officer and in charge of loading passengers into lifeboats on the port side. He was noted for strictly enforcing the 'women and children only' principle, allowing only those men needed for manning the boats to join them. Four of the seven officers survived the ordeal. As the author reveals, one of them had only been formally appointed to the crew the day before Titanic sailed on its climatic maiden voyage. This was Henry Tingle Wilde, who was scheduled to sail with Titanic's sister ship, Olympic, but who was switched to Titanic as the Chief Officer. He reported for duty on the very day the ship departed Southampton. This move meant a reshuffle of the officers and, as only seven officers were deemed necessary, Second Officer David Blair was removed from the crew list and sent ashore. He was certainly the luckiest of all. The unfortunate Wilde went down to the bottom with his ship. Of the many questions asked about that night is that of the fate of Captain Edward Smith. His body was never recovered and it had naturally been assumed that he too had been lost. In Titanic's Unlucky Seven, James Bancroft questions if this might not actually be the case. There is evidence that Smith may have survived the sinking, and was seen and spoken to months after the event by a man who had sailed with him, and who had known him personally for most of his life. Certainly, Smith had good reason to disappear into obscurity. For the first time, a clear picture of the incidents, actions and events leading up to and during the sinking of Titanic can be seen through the stories of the seven men in charge that night."--Provided by the publisher. 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Pirates et flibustiers des Caraibes 2001 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 061.43(083.83)(44)

The real Persuasion : portrait of a real-life Jane Austen heroine /Peter James Bowman. "This is the story of Anne Elliot in Jane Austen's Persuasion. It is also the story - true this time - of Katherine Bisshopp, the clever, beautiful daughter of an old Sussex family. Drawing on Katherine's letters and journals and other family papers, this book relates the joys and anxieties of her youth, her harrowing eleven-year courtship with George Pechell, and their happy and prosperous union, which produced two daughters and a son. Splinter chapters draw parallels with Jane Austen's portrait of society and reveal the extraordinary coincidences of character and circumstance between Katherine Bisshopp and Anne Elliot, while the real woman's experiences after her marriage are seen as a possible future for the fictional heroine. The reality of history and the deeper truth of literature together yield a detailed picture of the age."--provided by the Publisher 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 942.073092

My Love Must Wait: Radio 4 Afternoon Play, 25 January 2005 Smalley, Mark (prod.) 2005 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 820-311.6

Fubuki-Class Destroyers : in the imperial Japanese Navy during World War II /Hans Lengerer & Lars Ahlberg. "The World War II-era destroyers of the Japanese Fubuki class were the first of a type sometimes referred to as "super destroyers." These destroyers were extremely large and heavily armed with guns and torpedoes. Ironically, the IJN was pushed to create heavier destroyers by the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty, which discouraged the construction of new capital ships. Particular emphasis was placed on ships that were important for the night battle preceding the "decisive battle." Thereby the stage was prepared for the Fubuki class, and it introduced a new standard for Japanese destroyers, a standard followed by almost all Japanese destroyers designed afterward. Presented here is the history of their design, construction, and combat history, relying primarily on original Japanese war-era source material, including numerous diagrams and photos."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.32540952

Nelson and the slave trade "In June 1805, from his cabin on HMS Victory, Nelson wrote a personal and private letter to a long standing acquaintance on Jamaica, the wealthy and powerful slave owner, Simon Taylor. This book reveals how that letter was subsequently forged by the West India planters, who sought to use Nelson's posthumous reputation in their campaign to prevent the abolition of the slave trade and slavery. As a result of these forgeries Nelson's reputation has been called into question in recent times. The fight for his reputation is Nelson's final battle."--Provided by the publisher. [2023?] • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Instruments and the imagination / Thomas L. Hankins and Robert J. Silverman. "Thomas Hankins and Robert Silverman investigate an array of instruments from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century that seem at first to be marginal to science--magnetic clocks that were said to operate by the movements of sunflower seeds, magic lanterns, ocular harpsichords (machines that played different colored lights in harmonious mixtures), Aeolian harps (a form of wind chime), and other instruments of "natural magic" designed to produce wondrous effects. By looking at these and the first recording instruments, the stereoscope, and speaking machines, the authors show that "scientific instruments" first made their appearance as devices used to evoke wonder in the beholder, as in works of magic and the theater. The authors also demonstrate that these instruments, even though they were often "tricks," were seen by their inventors as more than trickery. In the view of Athanasius Kircher, for instance, the sunflower clock was not merely a hoax, but an effort to demonstrate, however fraudulently, his truly held belief that the ability of a flower to follow the sun was due to the same cosmic magnetic influence as that which moved the planets and caused the rotation of the earth. The marvels revealed in this work raise and answer questions about the connections between natural science and natural magic, the meaning of demonstration, the role of language and the senses in science, and the connections among art, music, literature, and natural science."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 681.2

Italian heavy cruisers : from Trento to Bolzano /Maurizio Brescia and Augusto de Toro. "When the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 effectively banned the building of battleships, competition between the major navies concentrated on the next most powerful category, heavy cruisers limited to 10,000 tons displacement and 8-inch guns. Italy followed this trend, the first design for what became Trento and Trieste being ordered in 1924. These were the fastest of the first generation 'Treaty' cruisers but were very lightly armoured, and the succeeding Zara class of four ships were slower but better protected. However, before the final ship of this class (Pola) had been completed, there was a return to the earlier fast, lightly protected concept with the Bolzano, although this ship also incorporated aspects of the Zara design. The political background, design history and technical features of these classes are covered in great depth in this volume. They were important ships, subject to incremental improvement so no two were identical, and modelmakers in particular will appreciate the space devoted to the variations in appearance, using both description and illustration. As major units of the Italian battlefleet, they were more active than most during the war and their careers are fully detailed, including analyses of damage suffered. Tragically, they were all sunk and the full circumstances of each loss is explored. As befits a technical history, the book is thoroughly illustrated with ship and armament plans, detail drawings and colour camouflage schemes, as well as an outstanding collection of photographs. Translated from the same series that produced the highly successful Italian Battleships, this volume is a fitting companion."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 623.8253

The life of Nelson : the embodiment of the sea power of Great Britain /by A.T. Mahan ; with a new introduction by Pieter van der Merwe. Mahan, A. T.-(Alfred Thayer), 2000. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92NELSON

Cassell's Dutch dictionary : English-Dutch Dutch-English 1999 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 030.8Dutch

Reference book on the funds of the Russian state naval archives : 1917-1940 Malevinskaya, M E 1995 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.353(47)

An empire of magnetism : global science and the British magnetic enterprise in the age of imperialism /Edward J. Gillin "During the 1840s and 1850s, the British government financed a worldwide investigation into how the Earth's magnetic phenomena operated, consisting of a network of naval expeditions and colonial observatories. Questions surrounding terrestrial magnetism were not just philosophical, but also engendered urgent concerns over the accurate navigation on which Britain's commercial and colonial power depended. With the guidance of a powerful lobby of scientific and social elites, the British state was able to mobilize the extensive resources of its empire to the collection of magnetic data through carefully coordinated observations. Yet, as An Empire of Magnetism argues, the experimental instruments and techniques required to conduct this work were to be found amid Britain's booming industry, where the harnessing of coal and iron, and use of steam power, shaped a scientific culture prominently concerned with the relationship between heat, pressure, and motion. In particular, it was philosophical apparatus fashioned within the mines of Cornwall that the government conscripted within this worldwide magnetic investigation. These locally produced experimental techniques and technologies proved capable of transformation into a system for obtaining magnetic measurements over great expanses of time and space. As this book demonstrates, this not only resulted in the most eminent global science of the age, but also became inseparable from the proliferation of empire as British naval crews and natural philosophers surveyed previously unknown regions in the search for magnetic data. This vast scientific enterprise had crucial implications for the formation of the 'modern state', its use of empirical knowledge, and the expansion of nineteenth-century empire."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 538.094109034

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