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Thomas Dunckerley and English Freemasonry
Author | : Susan Mitchell Sommers |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2015-10-06 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1317320476 |
Thomas Dunckerley is a late eighteenth-century icon of British Freemasonry. In one of the first books to provide a scholarly study of English Freemasonry, Sommers uses Dunckerley’s case to examine the changeable nature of personal identity in the eighteenth century and the evolving methodology and expectations of biography.
Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century
Author | : Sam Willis |
Publisher | : Boydell Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781843833673 |
Our understanding of warfare at sea in the eighteenth century has always been divorced from the practical realities of fighting at sea under sail; our knowledge of tactics is largely based upon the ideas of contemporary theorists rather than practitioners] who knew little of the realities of sailing warfare, and our knowledge of command is similarly flawed. In this book the author presents new evidence from contemporary sources that overturns many old assumptions and introduces a host of new ideas. In a series of thematic chapters, following the rough chronology of a sea fight from initial contact to damage repair, the author offers a dramatic interpretation of fighting at sea in the eighteenth century, and explains in greater depth than ever before how and why sea battles (including Trafalgar) were won and lost in the great Age of Sail. He explains in detail how two ships or fleets identified each other to be enemies; how and why they manoeuvred for battle; how a commander communicated his ideas, and how and why his subordinates acted in the way that they did. SAM WILLIS has lectured at Bristol University and at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. He is also the author of Fighting Ships, 1750-1850(Quercus).
Beyond the Learned Academy
Author | : Philip Beeley |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 513 |
Release | : 2024-01-05 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0198863950 |
Comprising fifteen essays by leading authorities in the history of mathematics, this volume aims to exemplify the richness, diversity, and breadth of mathematical practice from the seventeenth century through to the middle of the nineteenth century.