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02831aam a2200433 i 4500 001 0371A3E8CD0211ECB5E908A224ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220506010041 008 200602t20212021enk b 001 0deng 010 $a 2020020247 020 $a 0367472295 020 $a 9780367472290 035 $a (OCoLC)1153273645 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a VA460 A1 S35 2021 100 1 $a Morriss, Roger, $e author. 245 10 $a Science, utility and British naval technology, 1793-1815 : $b Samuel Bentham and the royal dockyards / $c Roger Morriss. 246 30 $a Samuel Bentham and the royal dockyards 264 1 $a Abingdon, Oxon ; $b Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, $c 2021. 300 $a x, 387 pages ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Routledge studies in modern British history 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the technology employed by the British navy changed not just the material resources of the British navy but the culture and performance of the royal dockyards. This book examines the role of the Inspector General of Naval Works, an Admiralty office occupied by Samuel Bentham between 1796 and 1807, which initiated a range of changes in dockyard technology by the construction of experimental vessels, the introduction of non-recoil armament, the reconstruction of Portsmouth yard, and the introduction of steam-powered engines to pump water, drive mass-production machinery and reprocess copper sheathing. While primarily about the technology, this book also examines the complementary changes in the industrial culture of the dockyards. For it was that change in culture which permitted the dockyards at the end of the Wars to maintain a fleet of unprecedented size and engage in warfare both with the United States of America and with Napoleonic Europe"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Bentham, Samuel, $d 1757-1831. 610 10 $a Great Britain. $b Navy Board $x History. 610 10 $a Great Britain. $b Royal Navy $x History. 650 0 $a Navy-yards and naval stations $z Great Britain $x History. 650 0 $a Naval art and science $x History. $z Great Britain $x History. 650 0 $a Warships $z Great Britain $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Military inspectors general $z Great Britain $v Biography. 700 1 $a Morriss, Roger, $e editor. 776 08 $i Online version: $t Science, utility and British naval technology, 1793-1815 $d New York : Routledge, 2020. $z 9781003034247 $w (DLC) 2020020248 830 0 $a Routledge studies in modern British history. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220802020913.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0371A3E8CD0211ECB5E908A224ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search