Title: Geography, Technology and Instruments of Exploration
Abstract:Contents: Preface Introduction: geography, technology and instruments of exploration, Fraser MacDonald and Charles W. J. Withers Equipping expeditionary astronomers: Nevil Maskelyne and the developmen...Contents: Preface Introduction: geography, technology and instruments of exploration, Fraser MacDonald and Charles W. J. Withers Equipping expeditionary astronomers: Nevil Maskelyne and the development of 'precision exploration', Rebekah Higgitt Instrumenting order: longitude, seamen and astronomers, 1770-1805, Eoin Phillips North by northwest? Experimental instruments and instruments of experiment, Richard Dunn Weather instruments all at sea: meteorology and the Royal Navy in the nineteenth century, Simon Naylor Objects of exploration: expanding the horizons of maritime history, Claire Warrior and John McAleer Instruments of exploration in National Museums Scotland, A.D. Morrison-Low 'Instruments in the hands of others': the life and liveliness of instruments of British geographical exploration, c.1860-c.1930, Eugene Rae, Catherine Souch and Charles W.J. Withers Seismic instruments, geographical perspectives, Deborah Jean Warner Aerial photography in geography and exploration, Peter Collier Uncovering camouflage: the technology of location and the craft of erasure, Isla Forsyth Instruments of science and war: Frank Malina and the object of rocketry, Fraser MacDonald UK radar (dis)integration in the 1960s: linesman/mediator radar development and the calculus of nuclear deterrence, Graham Spinardi Index.Read More
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-04-22
Language: en
Type: book
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