Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding
Author | : New York Public Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Naval architecture |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : New York Public Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Naval architecture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Steven Ujifusa |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2012-07-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1451645082 |
“A fascinating historical account…A snapshot of the American Dream culminating with this country’s mid-century greatness” (The Wall Street Journal) as a man endeavors to build the finest, fastest, most beautiful ocean liner in history. The story of a great American Builder at the peak of his power, in the 1940s and 1950s, William Francis Gibbs was considered America’s best naval architect. His quest to build the finest, fastest, most beautiful ocean liner of his time, the SS United States, was a topic of national fascination. When completed in 1952, the ship was hailed as a technological masterpiece at a time when “made in America” meant the best. Gibbs was an American original, on par with John Roebling of the Brooklyn Bridge and Frank Lloyd Wright of Fallingwater. Forced to drop out of Harvard following his family’s sudden financial ruin, he overcame debilitating shyness and lack of formal training to become the visionary creator of some of the finest ships in history. He spent forty years dreaming of the ship that became the SS United States. William Francis Gibbs was driven, relentless, and committed to excellence. He loved his ship, the idea of it, and the realization of it, and he devoted himself to making it the epitome of luxury travel during the triumphant post-World War II era. Biographer Steven Ujifusa brilliantly describes the way Gibbs worked and how his vision transformed an industry. A Man and His Ship is a tale of ingenuity and enterprise, a truly remarkable journey on land and sea.
Author | : Robert B Zubaly |
Publisher | : Schiffer + ORM |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2009-06-30 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1507300743 |
Applied Naval Architecture is intended for undergraduate students of many of the disciplines in maritime affairs, including marine engineering, marine transportation, nautical science, shipbuilding or ship production (shipyard apprentice schools), marine electrical engineering, meteorology, and oceanography. It could be used as an introduction to naval architecture for technical personnel of all types already employed in shipyards, for licensed officers as a general reference, and preparation for license upgrading examinations. It describes in detail what naval architects do, and how they do it, to all students and practitioners involved in the business of merchant ships and shipping, except for professional naval architects themselves. Students preparing for a degree in naval architecture would find the book useful as an introduction to their profession.
Author | : Rollin Alger Sawyer |
Publisher | : Muller Press |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2008-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1408689065 |
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.
Author | : Fred M Walker |
Publisher | : Seaforth Publishing |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2010-05-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1848320728 |
In the past three centuries the ship has developed from the relatively unsophisticated sail-driven vessel which would have been familiar to the sailors of the Tudor navy, to the huge motor-driven container ships, nuclear submarines and vast cruise liners that ply our seas today. Who were the innovators and builders who, during that span of time, prompted and instigated the most significant advances? In the past three centuries the ship has developed from the relatively unsophisticated sail-driven vessel which would have been familiar to the sailors of the Tudor navy, to the huge motor-driven container ships, nuclear submarines and vast cruise liners that ply our seas today. Who were the innovators and builders who, during that span of time, prompted and instigated the most significant advances? In this new book the author describes the lives and deeds of more the 120 great engineers, scientists, philosophers, businessmen, shipwrights, naval architects and inventors who shaped ship design and shipbuilding world wide. Covering the story chronologically, and going back briefly even to Archimedes, such well-known names as Anthony Deane, Peter the Great, James Watt, Robert Fulton and Isambard Kingdom Brunel share space with lesser known characters like the luckless Frederic Sauvage, a pioneer of screw propulsion who, unable to interest the French navy in his tests in the early 1830s, was bankrupted and landed in debtors prison. With the inclusion of such names as Ben Lexcen, the Australian yacht designer who developed the controversial winged keel for the 1983 Americas Cup, the story is brought right up to date. Concise linking chapters place all these innovators in context so that a clear and fascinating history of the development of ships and shipbuilding emerges from the pages. An original and important new reference book.
Author | : George Simpson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 880 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Marine engineering |
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Author | : David Steel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 656 |
Release | : 1812 |
Genre | : Naval architecture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Clement Mackrow |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 788 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Aerodynamics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Clement Mackrow |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 1882 |
Genre | : Naval architecture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James Peake |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1859 |
Genre | : Naval architecture |
ISBN | : |