Del i serien Global Studies in Social and Cultural Maritime History

Discovery, Innovation, and the Victorian Admiralty

Paper Navigators

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

AvErika Behrisch

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This book examines the British Admiralty’s engagement with science and technological innovation in the nineteenth century. It is a book about people, and gross misunderstanding, about the dreams and disappointments of scientific workers and inventors in relation to the administrators who adjudicated their requests for support, and about the power of paper to escalate arguments, reduce opinions, and frustrate hopes. From instructions for naval surveying to debates about rewards to civilians for inventions, Paper Navigators puts a wide range of primary sources in the context of public debates and explores the British Admiralty’s engagement with, decision-making around, and management of questions of value, support, and funding with citizen inventors, the broader public, and their own employees. Concentrating on the Admiralty’s private, internal correspondence to explore these themes, it offers a fresh perspective on the Victorian Navy's history of innovation and exploration and is a novel addition to literature on the history of science in the nineteenth century.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-08-24
Mått148 x 210 x 20 mm
Vikt422 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieGlobal Studies in Social and Cultural Maritime History
Antal sidor224
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031067488

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Chapter 1: Introduction: Triangulating the New: Discovery, Innovation, Bureaucracy.- Chapter 2: “A monotonous and arduous service”: Science, Surveying, and Servitude Aboard.- Chapter 3: "Considerable Magnetic Disturbance”: The Niger Expedition, Science, and Networks of Influence.- Chapter 4: En Route with the British Admiralty’s Manual of Scientific Enquiry (1849).- Chapter 5: Private Inventions, Public Purse: Innovation and the Admiralty.- Chapter 6: Conclusion: Notes in the Margin.

“Behrisch concludes her book by arguing that this ‘gross miscommunication’ … is the story at the heart of it. … her conclusions are backed by a convincing amount research and an incorporation of the latest scholarship on … popular attitudes in Britain towards science more generally. … In its way, it is as inspiring an account as those of the more visible naval heroes of the era, as well as one of greater relevance to us today.” (Mark Klobas, The Northern Mariner, Le marin du nord, Vol. 33 (1), 2023) “Discovery, Innovation, and the Victorian Admiralty reminds us that the encouragement and reception of technology—and of science—is rarely just about enthusiasm or reluctance. This book will be of use to anyone interested in the reception of invention and discovery, especially in govern¬mental or bureaucratic settings.” (Penelope K. Hardy, Technology and Culture, Vol. 64 (3), July, 2023)