Ships and science : the birth of naval architecture in the scientific revolution, 1600-1800 /

"In Ships and Science, Ferreiro argues that the birth of naval architecture formed an integral part of the scientific revolution. Using Bouguer's work [Traité du navire - Treatise of the ship] as a cornerstone, Ferreiro traces the intriguing and often unexpected development of this new di...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ferreiro, Larrie D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Series:Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Subjects:
1600-1799
Naval architecture > History > 17th century.
Naval architecture > History > 18th century.
Mechanics > History > 17th century.
Mechanics > History > 18th century.
Shipbuilding > History > 17th century.
Shipbuilding > History > 18th century.
Architecture navale > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Architecture navale > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Mécanique > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Mécanique > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Construction navale > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Construction navale > Histoire > 18e siècle.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > Pictorial.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
Mechanics
Naval architecture
Shipbuilding
Scheepsbouw.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
ENGINEERING/Mechanical Engineering
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Terms, Symbols, Units of Measure and Money
  • Down From The Mountain
  • Mere Carpenters
  • Deriving the Derive
  • A Shock to the System
  • Inventing the Metacenter
  • The Great Workds
  • - Genius and Engineering
  • Promised Land
  • Personages.

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