LEADER 03866nam 22006375 450 001 9910590081103321 005 20230810175415.0 010 $a9783031067495$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031067488 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-06749-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7077201 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7077201 035 $a(CKB)24739001000041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-06749-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924739001000041 100 $a20220823d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDiscovery, Innovation, and the Victorian Admiralty $ePaper Navigators /$fby Erika Behrisch 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (229 pages) 225 1 $aGlobal Studies in Social and Cultural Maritime History 311 08$aPrint version: Behrisch, Erika Discovery, Innovation, and the Victorian Admiralty Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031067488 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 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. 330 $aThis book examines the British Admiralty?s engagement with science and technological innovation in the nineteenth century. It is a book about people, and gross misunderstanding, about the dreams and disappointments of scientific workers and inventors in relation to the administrators who adjudicated their requests for support, and about the power of paper to escalate arguments, reduce opinions, and frustrate hopes. From instructions for naval surveying to debates about rewards to civilians for inventions, Paper Navigators puts a wide range of primary sources in the context of public debates and explores the British Admiralty?s engagement with, decision-making around, and management of questions of value, support, and funding with citizen inventors, the broader public, and their own employees. Concentrating on the Admiralty?s private, internal correspondence to explore these themes, it offers a fresh perspective on the Victorian Navy's history of innovation and exploration and is a novel addition to literature on the history of science in the nineteenth century. Erika Behrisch is Professor in the Department of English, Culture, and Communication at the Royal Military College of Canada. 410 0$aGlobal Studies in Social and Cultural Maritime History 606 $aGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aMilitary history 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aCivilization$xHistory 606 $aHistory of Britain and Ireland 606 $aMilitary History 606 $aHistory of Science 606 $aCultural History 615 0$aGreat Britain$xHistory. 615 0$aMilitary history. 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aCivilization$xHistory. 615 14$aHistory of Britain and Ireland. 615 24$aMilitary History. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 615 24$aCultural History. 676 $a359.03094109034 676 $a359.00941 700 $aBehrisch$b Erika$01254336 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910590081103321 996 $aDiscovery, Innovation, and the Victorian Admiralty$92908366 997 $aUNINA