Title: Naval Science: a Quarterly Magazine for Promoting the Improvement of Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Steam Navigation, and Seamanship: Volume 1
Publisher: HardPress Ltd
Publication Date: 1871
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0371738040
ISBN 13: 9780371738047
Binding: Paperback / softback
Condition: New
Weight: 526 grams

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Naval Science: A Quarterly Magazine For Promoting The Improvement Of Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Steam Navigation, And Seamanship by Edward James Reed. This 1872 issue frames naval science as a broad, transferable discipline beyond ship design, aiming to educate both naval and mercantile communities and to promote practical use of scientific methods in naval practice. It advocates a formal, wide-reaching program of instruction, the creation of a naval staff, and a Greenwich Naval University to standardize professional knowledge, with an evidence-based, collaborative approach that invites contributions from officers and scientists worldwide and offers three reader levels from non-technical to mathematically rigorous. It argues for a dedicated naval staff to assist commanders, plan campaigns, manage intelligence and logistics, and to integrate international law into practice, noting changes since Nelson’s era that require systematic professional support. The volume surveys naval tactics in the shift from sail to steam, outlines modes of attack and fleet maneuver, and emphasizes empirical testing, theoretical modeling, and experiments to assess bow and broadside fire, torpedoes, and ramming. It analyzes stability in iron?clads, the duties of naval engineers, rifling of naval guns, and the need for data-driven design and operation. The overarching message is a programmatic push for scientifically grounded naval education, institutional staff, and experimental validation across tactics, stability, propulsion, and weaponry to modernize the Navy for ironclads, steam propulsion, and advanced artillery.

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