Discovery, Innovation, and the Victorian Admiralty

Discovery, Innovation, and the Victorian Admiralty

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Behrisch, Erika

Springer International Publishing AG

08/2022

224

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Inglês

9783031067488

15 a 20 dias

437

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Chapter 1: Introduction: Triangulating the New: Discovery, Innovation, Bureaucracy.- Chapter 2: "A monotonous and arduous service": Science, Surveying, and Servitude Aboard.- Chapter 3: "Considerable Magnetic Disturbance": The Niger Expedition, Science, and Networks of Influence.- Chapter 4: En Route with the British Admiralty's Manual of Scientific Enquiry (1849).- Chapter 5: Private Inventions, Public Purse: Innovation and the Admiralty.- Chapter 6: Conclusion: Notes in the Margin.
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Royal Navy;Victorian;Admiralty;Nautical science;Civil service;Bureaucratic studies;Naval innovation;Exploration