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The dutch in the medway / by the author of "The camp of refuge." MacFarlane, Charles, 1845. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 820-3
Vice-Admiral T. A. B. Spratt and the development of oceanography in the Mediterranean : 1841-1873 /by Margaret Deacon. Deacon, Margaret 1978. • FOLIO • 4 copies available. 551.46(262)
Isle of Thanet : through time /Anthony Lane. "Dependent originally on fishing and farming, Margate and Ramsgate benefited as limbs of the Cinque Ports during the Middle Ages, shipping grain to London and elsewhere. Growth was, however, slow until an interest in sea-bathing arose in the eighteenth century, when, to Margate's great benefit, Benjamin Beale invented the first bathing machine with a modesty hood. After that, hoys, paddle steamers and railways brought a stream of visitors that rapidly became a torrent. After the last war, easier foreign travel allowed people to bathe elsewhere, causing Margate to lose many hotels and other amenities. Mods and rockers did not reverse that trend and Manston aerodrome enjoyed some notoriety with the USAF in residence. Successes included the Hovercraft service to Calais and the enlargement of Ramsgate harbour. Thanet's cliffs, beaches and sea air remain attractive today, though. This delightful book shows some of the changes."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 914.223(210.5)
Ireland and the war at sea : 1641-1653 /Elaine Murphy. "The book provides a clear and comprehensive narrative account of the war at sea, accompanied by careful contextualisation and a full analysis of its Irish, British and European dimensions. This includes the strategic importance of Irish ports, conflict between organised navies and formidable bands of privateers and pirates, the adoption of new naval technologies and tactics and the relationship between conflict on land and sea. Moving beyond traditional accounts of naval campaigns, it integrates warfare at sea into the wider dimension of political and economic developments in Ireland, England and Scotland."--Back cover. 2012. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49"16"(42:415)
Coasters of South Wales / by Bernard McCall "This volume looks at ports between Swansea in the west and Chepstow in the east. The industrial revolution saw a huge and rapid expansion of ports in this area, thanks largely to the insatiable appetite for coal and metals which could be supplied in abundance from South Wales. The latter half of the twentieth century saw an inexorable decline in the area's coal production and heavy industry with the inevitable result that large sections of port areas have declined in maritime importance."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.2(429.7)
The correspondence of John Flamsteed, the first astronomer royal : Volume Two, 1682-1703 /compiled and edited by Eric G. Forbes, and (for Maria Forbes) by Lesley Murdin and Frances Willmoth. "The Correspondence of John Flamsteed: The First Astronomer Royal, Volume Two contains the letters Flamsteed wrote and received from June 1682 to the spring of 1703. A leading figure in the final phases of the seventeenth-century scientific revolution, his extensive correspondence with 129 British and foreign scholars touches on many of the scientific discussions of the day. Some of these exchanges involved established correspondents, chiefly Newton and Wallis, but members of a younger generation, such as Stephen Gray, William Derham, and Abraham Sharp, appear with increasing frequency, especially after 1700." 1997. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 52
Hogarth, Reynolds, Turner : British painting and the rise of modernity /edited by Carolina Brook and Valter Curzi. "In the eighteenth century, Britain experienced a surge of major social, economic and cultural upheavals that manifested themselves particularly in the field of artistic production. While to some degree the aristocracy continued to favour the established cultural models of the Continent, the emerging middle classes fostered the development of an authentically British iconography, showing greater determination than the traditional patrons of the arts before them. In this book a team of British and Italian scholars address this subject, broadening the critical debate to include the contribution of eighteenth-century Italy. Here, historical and cultural analyses of Britain, and of London in particular, are combined with an examination of how a new and peculiarly native figurative language was forged alongside the continental tradition, manifesting itself in a dynamic quest that embraced and developed the classical tradition while attempting to break free of it. The resulting debate shaped the growth of the various pictorial genres - from history painting to landscape and portraiture - in which the British school evolved a distinct artistic identity that was to be recognized in the nineteenth century, expressed particularly in experimenting with landscape painting, seen as the image of modernity. Published on the occasion of the exhibition in Rome, the volume includes essays by Adriano Aymonino, Ilaria Miarelli Mariani, Carolina Brook, Brian Allen, Robin Simon, Pat Hardy, Martin Postle, Andrew Wilton, Valter Curzi, Sergio Marinelli, Giovanna Perini Folesani, Anna Maria Ambrosini Massari and Paolo Coen; the catalogue of the exhibited works, which is divided into seven sections (London, Capital of the British Empire; The New World; Towards a National Iconography; The Heroic Age of the Portrait; On the Spot Landscape: the Success of Watercolour; Variations on Landscape; Inside and Beyond Landscape: Constable and Turner); finally, the artists' biographies and a bibliography."--Provided by the publisher. 2014 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 75(42)"17/18"
Britten's old clocks and watches and their makers ... Britten, F J 1973 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 681.11
Portsmouth's World War Two heroes : stories of the fallen men and women /James Daly. Daly, James-(Military historian) 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92(422.7)"1939/1945"
Fighting ships of World Wars One and Two Maclean, Anne 1976 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 940.45/.545
Museums and galleries yearbook 2013 / Museums Assocation. Museums Association 2013. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 069(42)
The tools of empire : technology and European imperialism in the nineteenth century /Daniel R. Headrick. Headrick, Daniel R. 1981. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325.46:62
Miscellaneous No 6 (1914) : correspondence respecting the European crisis. Great Britain.-Parliament.---House of Commons 1914. • • 1 copy available. 940.31
Bismarck and Hood : the battle of the Denmark Strait :a technical analysis for a new perspective /Marco Santarini "The legendary Battle of the Denmark Strait, which saw the mighty German battleship Bismarck sink Britain's HMS Hood in an epic duel of the titans, has been dogged by controversy to this day. Was the doomed HMS Hood really sunk by a shell that penetrated her decks to explode in one of her magazine compartments? Others believe that Bismarck's fortunate shell detonated in Hood's cordite supply - the powder that propelled 1,920-lbs some staggering 30,180 yards - suggesting that damage examined on the wreck indicates a more distinct explosion. Or was the Hood's destructive and violent demise a new, and until now, unexplained act of war? The sinking of HMS Hood on Empire Day, 24 May 1941, resulted in the single largest loss of life for the Royal Navy during the Second World War: 1,415 lives were lost. There were absolutely no traces of any crewmen save three survivors. 'Bismarck and Hood: The Battle of the Denmark Strait - A Technical Analysis' is an innovative and potentially controversial study of this infamous battle. The author, a rear admiral in the Italian Navy, is an expert in gunnery and his book, a work of over two decades of study, further investigates this battle in an attempt to attain a more credible explanation. The events and tactics leading up to the battle are explained within their various contexts and a cinematic and ballistic model of the battle was developed, essential for a statistical analysis of Hood's sinking. Certainly, no one will ever be able to confirm what exactly happened in the Denmark Strait on that fateful day, but this rigorous book disposes of myths and falsehoods and paves the way for a more realistic interpretation of this iconic battle between HMS Hood and Bismarck."--Provided by the publisher. 2013 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1941"(42:43)
Grand fleet battlecruisers / text by Steve Backer ; colour profiles and line drawings by George Richardson ; appearance sketches by John Roberts. "The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring colour profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modelling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the ships, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and the book concludes with a section on research references - books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites. This volume follows the format of the highly successful Flower Class where the extent has been doubled to include far more illustrations of the many different designs, from the Invincible of 1906 to the Renowns of 1915, and including the hybrid 'large light cruisers' Courageous, Glorious and Furious."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 086.5:623.821.3(42)
A map of England & Wales : divided into counties, parlimentary divisions, & dioceses ; shewing the principal roads, railways, rivers, & canals and the seats of the nobility and gentry ; with the distance of each town from the general post office of London /drawn by R. Creighton ; engraved by J. Dower. Creighton, R. 1841. • ATLAS-BOOK • 4 copies available. 912.43(42)
Descriptive cataloging of rare materials (books) / Bibliographic Standards Committee, Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, Association of College and Research Libraries in collaboration with the Cataloging Policy and Support Office of the Library of Congress. 2007. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 025.3(0.068)
Antarctic pilot : comprising the coasts of Antarctica and all islands south of the usual route of vessels. Great Britain.-Hydrographic Office 2014. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83
British warships & auxiliaries, 1985/86 / [Mike Critchley]. Critchley, Mike 1984. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82(42)"1985/1986"
Imperial defence 1868-1887 / Donald Mackenzie Schurman ; edited by John Beeler. "The technical transformation of the Royal Navy during the Victorian era posed many design, tactical and operational problems for administrators from the 1830s onwards. The switch from sail to steam required the creation of a system of defended coaling stations and a greater infrastructure."--Provided by the publisher. 2000. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(42)"1868/1887"
Observing by hand / Omar W. Nasim. "Today we are all familiar with the iconic pictures of the nebulae produced by the Hubble Space Telescope's digital cameras. But there was a time, before the successful application of photography to the heavens, in which scientists had to rely on handmade drawings of these mysterious phenomena. Observing by Hand sheds entirely new light on the ways in which the production and reception of handdrawn images of the nebulae in the nineteenth century contributed to astronomical observation. Omar W. Nasim investigates hundreds of unpublished observing books and paper records from six nineteenth-century observers of the nebulae: Sir John Herschel; William Parsons, the third Earl of Rosse; William Lassell; Ebenezer Porter Mason; Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel; and George Phillips Bond. Nasim focuses on the ways in which these observers created and employed their drawings in data-driven procedures, from their choices of artistic materials and techniques to their practices and scientific observation. He examines the ways in which the act of drawing complemented the acts of seeing and knowing, as well as the ways that making pictures was connected to the production of scientific knowledge. An impeccably researched, carefully crafted, and beautifully illustrated piece of historical work, Observing by Hand will delight historians of science, art, and the book, as well as astronomers and philosophers."--Provided by the publisher. 2013 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 524.5/.7
Mr Selden's map of China : the spice trade, a lost chart and the South China Sea /Timothy Brook. Timothy Brook's award-winning Vermeer's Hat unfolded the early history of globalization, using Vermeer's paintings to show how objects like beaver hats and porcelain bowls began to circulate around the world. Now he plumbs the mystery of a single artifact that offers new insights into global connections centuries old.In 2009, an extraordinary map of China was discovered in Oxford's Bodleian Library - where it had first been deposited 350 years before, then stowed and forgotten for nearly a century. Neither historians of China nor cartography experts had ever seen anything like it. It was so odd that experts would have declared it a fake - yet records confirmed it had been delivered to Oxford in 1659. The 'Selden Map', as it is known, was a puzzle that needing solving. Brook, a historian of China, set out to explore the riddle. His investigation will lead readers around this elegant, enigmatic work of art, and from the heart of China, via the Southern Ocean, to the court of King James II. In the story of Selden's map, he reveals for us the surprising links between an English scholar and merchants half a world away, and offers novel insights into the power and meaning that a single map can hold. Brook delivers the same anecdote-rich narrative, intriguing characters, and unexpected historical connections that made Vermeer's Hat an instant classic. 2013 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382(4:5)
Earth's magnetism in the age of sail Jonkers, A. R. T., 2003 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 537.6
Kaigun : strategy, tactics, and technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941 /David C. Evans, Mark R. Peattie. Evans, David C. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"18/19"(52)