Science, utility and maritime power Samuel Bentham in Russia, 1779-91
During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Samuel Bentham influenced both the technology and the administrative ideas employed in the management of the British navy. His influence stemmed from his passion for science, from his desire to achieve improvements based on a belief in the princip...
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Farnham, Surrey, England Burlington, VT
Ashgate
[2015]
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| Series: | Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies series
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- pt.1. Science
- North-West Europe: reconnaissance
- Russia and Poland: the maritime resources
- Siberia: minerals, trade and river transport
- pt.2. Utility
- Proposals for state service
- State employment, private interests
- Experiments, industry and commerce
- pt.3. Maritime power
- The construction of experiemental vessels
- Naval armament and war in the Liman
- River navigation and shipbuilding in Siberia
- Conclusion: Samuel Bentham in Russia