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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 March 2012
    23 December 2010
    ISBN:
    9780511794087
    9781108026437
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511794087
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    Weight & Pages:
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.62kg, 424 Pages
    • Subjects:
    History of Science and Technology, Military History, History, Global History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History
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    Subjects:
    History of Science and Technology, Military History, History, Global History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History
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    Sir Edward James Reed (1830–1906) was appointed chief constructor of the Navy in 1863, and later founded his own ship design consultancy. He pioneered the methodical use of scientific calculations to determine a ship's weight, strength and stability, and was responsible for a number of revolutionary designs at a crucial period, when ships began to be armoured or rebuilt in iron in response to more powerful weaponry. This book, first published in 1885, sets out his approach to the problem of ensuring stability in iron-built ships. Reed discusses scientific theories of flotation, buoyancy and stability and applies them to contemporary ship design and shipbuilding techniques. Reed also describes the experiments of French naval architects in this area, providing the first English translations of their research. It is an important record of the Victorian naval and scientific understanding of iron-built ship stability, corrective design and building methods.

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