From torpedoes to aviation : Washington Irving Chambers and technological innovation in the new Navy, 1876-1913 /

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The career of Washington Irving Chambers spans a formative period in the development of the United States Navy. This work covers Chambers' early naval career, his work at the new Office of Naval Intelligence, his participation in the Greeley Relief Expedition, and a survey for the projected ist...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stein, Stephen K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Chambers, Washington Irving, > 1856-1934.
Chambers, Washington Irving, > 1856-1934
United States. > Navy > Officers > Biography.
United States. > Navy.
1800-1999
Naval art and science > Technological innovations > United States > History > 19th century.
Naval art and science > Technological innovations > United States > History > 20th century.
Art et science navals > Innovations > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Art et science navals > Innovations > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Armed Forces > Officers.
Naval art and science > Technological innovations.
United States.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Naval Academy
  • Early cruises
  • The Greely relief expedition
  • The Nicaraguan survey
  • The Office of Naval Intelligence
  • The New York Navy Yard
  • The Petrel and the Atlanta
  • The Naval War College
  • The Minneapolis and the Bureau of Ordnance
  • Policing an empire
  • Torpedoes, dreadnoughts, and the General Board
  • The Caribbean and the Bureau of Ordnance
  • The beginnings of naval aviation
  • Building naval aviation
  • Retired.

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