This volume provides the first comprehensive history of education and training for officers of the Royal Navy in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It covers the development of educational provision, from the first 1702 Order in Council appointing schoolmasters to serve in operational warships, to the laying of the foundation stone of the present Royal Naval College Dartmouth in 1902.
Educating the Royal Navy 1702-1902 includes the establishment of the Royal Navy 's first naval academy, the commissioning of the officer training ship HMS Britannia, and the conduct of education at...
This volume provides the first comprehensive history of education and training for officers of the Royal Navy in the eighteenth and nineteenth cent...
To mark the centenary of Richard Trevithick (1771 1833) H. W Dickinson and Arthur Titley published a fascinating book on the engineer and his work. They succeed in producing a work which appeals to the scientist, the historian and the general reader, without feeling obliged to over-simplify the technical details. Today best remembered for his early railway locomotive, Trevithick worked on a wide range of projects, including mines, mills, dredging machinery, a tunnel under the Thames, military engineering, and prospecting in South America. The book and other centenary activities helped to...
To mark the centenary of Richard Trevithick (1771 1833) H. W Dickinson and Arthur Titley published a fascinating book on the engineer and his work. Th...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
