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The elements of Euclid explain'd, in a new, but most easie method : together with the use of every proposition through all parts of the mathematicks / written in French, by that excellent mathematician, F. Claud. Francis Milliet de Chales, of the Society of Jesus. Now made English, and a multitude of errors corrected, which had escap'd in the original. Dechales, Claude Francois Millet 1696 • • 1 copy available.

Science and the techniques of navigation in the Renaissance Waters, D W 1976 • FOLIO • 5 copies available. 527.6"14/15"

British warships and auxiliaries, 1984/5 / by Mike Critchley. Critchley, Mike 1983. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82(42)"1984"

Japan pilot. 2013. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

The correspondence of John Flamsteed, the first astronomer royal : Volume One, 1666-1682 /compiled and edited by Eric G. Forbes and (for Maria Forbes) by Lesley Murdin and Frances Willmoth. "Professor Eric Forbes left behind at his death an important collection of the letters of John Flamsteed (1646-1719), First Astronomer Royal. A leading figure in the final phases of the seventeenth-century scientific revolution, his extensive correspondence with 129 British and foreign scholars all over the world touches on many of the scientific discussions of the day. A detailed, scholarly work of reference, The Correspondence of John Flamsteed, The First Astronomer Royal: Volume 1 is an essential guide to the exciting developments in scientific thinking that occurred during the seventeenth century. It supplements the published correspondence of Isaac Newton and Henry Oldenburg, and will be an invaluable research tool, not only for historians of astronomy, but also for researchers examining how scientific thought developed." 1995 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 52

Coasters of the Kiel Canal = Kèumos des Nord-Ostsee-kanals / by Bernard McCall and Oliver Sesmann. McCall, Bernard. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.2(430.111)

Your postcards : steamers of the West of Scotland, from Comet to Finlaggan : as seen through 112 years of postcards /Brian Patton. Patton, Brian, 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.3(411)(0.021.6)

Admiralty sailing directions : Southern Barents Sea and Beloye More pilot; the coast of the Russian Federation from Reka Vor'yema to Proliv Yugorskiy Shar, including Beloye More. United Kingdom Hydrographic Office • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Navy and Nation : 1688 to the present [booking form and programme] /National Maritime Museum. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available. 069(26:421.6)(063)

Ship killer : a history of the American torpedo /Thomas Wildenberg and Norman Polmar. "In this book, Thomas Wildenberg and Norman Polmar provide a definitive work on the development and use of the torpedo by the U.S. Navy. Their book begins with an overview of the early undersea weapons developed by Bushnell and Fulton, the spar torpedo of the Civil War and attempts to imitate the Whitehead torpedo, and then focuses on American torpedo development for use from submarines, surface warships and small combatants, and aircraft."--Publisher's description. 2010. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.946(73)"1775/..."

The permanent crisis : Iran's nuclear trajectory /Shashank Joshi. The first objective is to situate Iran's nuclear programme in the context of the security concerns of all of the interested parties, including Iran itself. The nuclear dispute is embedded in a set of overlapping security disputes between Iran on the one hand and the United States, Arab regional powers, Israel and the broader 'West' on the other. The second objective is to situate this examination of Iran in a comparative and thematic context. A large volume of information is available on, for instance, the historic efficacy of economic sanctions; on the influences that weigh upon states when deciding whether to pursue nuclear weapons; and on the ways in which states can and cannot use nuclear weapons as instruments of coercion or aggression. The third objective is to consider how policy responses by the West will and should evolve were Iran to resume its alleged nuclear-weapons programme, continue to undertake some degree of near-weaponisation or weaponisation or test and deploy nuclear weapons. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.454.8(55)

The tale of an ancient mariner : Robert Humphrey Ivey 1829 to 1922 /Frank Townsend. "Robert Ivey went to sea as an apprentice aged 12 years in the era of the sailing ships. He became master Master Mariner at the age of 28 and during his 33 years at sea he sailed to ports in Europe, North & South America, India and China mostly from Liverpool and London. He was shipwrecked twice and once had to deal with a mutiny abord. After he retired from the sea he gained employment with the Shipwrecked Mariners Society as their first Visiting Secretary, whose job it was to travel to shipwrecks around our coast and assist those sailors who had survived. He manned the Society's stand at many National exhibitions and subsequently managed the Society's Sailors Home in East End of London. Using the many records available the author has managed to detail the life of this very interesting and capable man."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92IVEY

British Antarctic expedition, 1910-1913 : meteorology /by G. C. Simpson. Simpson, G. C.-(George Clarke),-Sir, 1919. • RARE-FOLIO • 3 copies available. 910.4(99)

Eye witness : artists and visual documentation in Britain 1770-1830 Smiles, Sam 2002 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 75(42)"1770/1830"

The elements of the Euclid explain'd, in a new, but most easie method : together with the use of every proposition through all parts of the mathematicks /cwritten in French, by that excellent mathematician, F Claud Francis Milliet de Chales, of the Society of Jesus. Now made in English, and a multitude of errors corrected, which had escap'd in the orginal. Dechales, Claude Francois Millet 1696. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.

Titanic : the last night of a small town /John Welshman. "In Titanic, Welshman offers a minute-by-minute account of the doomed liner's last hours, based on a representative cross-section of those who sailed in her: men and women, old and young, passengers and crew, wealthy and poor. He introduces the reader to a fascinating cast of twelve eye-witnesses, including Arthur H. Rostron, Captain of the Carpathia, the first ship to reach the scene; Charles Lightoller, the Titanic's Second Officer; Archibald Gracie, a wealthy American cotton plantation owner; Elin Hakkarainen, a young migrant from Finland, travelling Third Class; and Edith Brown, a teenager from South Africa. The book also documents the experiences of an Assistant Wireless Operator, a Stewardess, an amateur military historian, a governess, a teacher, and a domestic servant. The survivor accounts allow Welshman to construct a graphic and compelling picture of events on a day-to-day and hour-by-hour basis, providing vivid glimpses of the tragedy as seen from their respective vantage points. In addition, Welshman tells the story of where these twelve people were from and what happened to those who survived in the years afterwards."--From publishers. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3TITANIC

Roving mariners : Australian aboriginal whalers and sealers in the Southern Oceans, 1790-1870. "For most Australian Aboriginal people, the impact of colonialism was blunt?dispossession, dislocation, disease, murder, and missionization. Yet there is another story of Australian history that has remained untold, a story of enterprise and entrepreneurship, of Aboriginal people seizing the opportunity to profit from life at sea as whalers and sealers."--Back cover. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 639.245.1(944)"17/18"

Coasters of the Manchester Ship Canal / by Bernard McCall. McCall, Bernard. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.2(427.2)

Trafalgar 200 : Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar commemorated in coins and medallions /Thomas A. Hardy ; edited by Peter A. Clayton. "On 21 October every year, on British Naval ships and bases throughout the world, the toast 'To the Immortal Memory' has been and will continue to be given. It will be drunk in silence, and seated. Such is the tradition that keeps alive the memory of one of the England's greatest heroes, Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson. Dying in his hour of victory at the battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, his name will live forever in the annals of British naval history. The outpourings of grief at his death, and seen at his State funeral and burial in St Paul's Cathedral, London, were such as had never been seen before, or since. Endless souvenirs, mementoes of all kinds, in all sorts of materials, were produced then and throughout the following years. Most lasting of them were the many commemorative medallions in gold, silver, bronze and other metals produced from 1805 onwards, especially for the centenary in 1905, and the bi-centenary of the battle in 2005. These were treated in the companion volume Remember Nelson (Spink, 2005). This book continues in recording those medallions, coins and other relevant items that were produced after 2005, and it also incorporates an Appendix that includes relevant items that have been recorded since the original publication. It also includes much interesting historical detail relating to the items and the occasion of their production."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 737.1/.2(23):92NELSON

Shipping of the Bosphorus / by Chris Brooks and Simon Smith. "Written by Chris Brooks and Simon Smith, this book is a splendid all-colour, pictorial album looking at vessels and shipyards in Istanbul and the Bosphorus. The stunning photographs are each accompanied by a detailed caption. The book is organised on a geographic basis, starting at the southern extremities of the Bosphorus, looking at vessels in the nearby harbour of Tuzla and its shipyards and anchorage. Moving on westwards is Pendik Harbour and the anchorage of Kartal. Next is Istanbul anchorage. Before proceeding northwards through the Bosphorus Haydarpasa Harbour is visited. Also vessels are viewed at Istanbul cruise terminal. The journey northbound through the Bosphorus visits locations such as Kandilli and Kanlica on the Asian side and Rumeli Hisari and Rumeli Kavagi on the European shore."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61(262.538)

Medailles sur les principaux evenements du regne entier de Louis le Grand, avec des explications historiques. Acadâemie des inscriptions & belles-lettres (France) 1723. • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 355.48"1643/1714"(44)

The rules in action Sambrooke-Sturgess, Gerald 1982 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 797.144.092.11

Naval and maritime history : an annotated bibliography / Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. 1973. Albion, Robert Greenhalgh, 1973 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49:016

Loss and cultural remains in performance : the ghosts of the Franklin expedition /Heather Davis-Fisch. "In 1845, John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition disappeared. The expedition left an archive of performative remains that entice one to consider the tension between material remains and memory and reflect on how substitution and surrogation work alongside mourning and melancholia as responses to loss."--Provided by the publisher. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

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