LEADER 04837nam 22007094a 450 001 9910813458503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-86767-1 010 $a9786610867677 010 $a1-4294-5277-3 010 $a90-474-0703-2 010 $a1-4337-0683-0 024 7 $a10.1163/9789047407034 035 $a(CKB)1000000000334882 035 $a(EBL)280612 035 $a(OCoLC)171561980 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000180139 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11183129 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000180139 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10148920 035 $a(PQKB)10665828 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC280612 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL280612 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10171738 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL86767 035 $a(OCoLC)191952640 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047407034 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000334882 100 $a20041220d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aInstrumental in war $escience, research, and instruments between knowledge and the world /$fedited by Steven A. Walton 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBoston $cBrill$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (440 p.) 225 1 $aHistory of warfare,$x1385-7827 ;$vv. 28 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-14281-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aList of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Volume Contributions -- List of Contributors -- Introduction, Steven A. Walton -- Chapter One, Mathematical Instruments and the Creation of the Military Gentleman, Steven A. Walton -- Chapter Two, Surveying and the Cromwellian Reconquest of Ireland, William A. Lynch -- Chapter Three, Like Clockwork? Clausewitzian Friction and the Scientific Siege in the Age of Vauban, Jamel Ostwald -- Chapter Four, Calorimeters and Crushers: The Development of Instruments for Measuring the Behavior of Military Powder, Seymour H. Mauskopf -- Chapter Five, Telegraphing the Weather: Military Meteorology, Strategy, and 'Homeland Security' on the American Frontier in the 1870s, James R. Fleming -- Chapter Six, Remnants of Testing at the Sandy Hook Proving Grounds, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, Gerard P. Scharfenberger -- Chapter Seven, From Measuring Progress to Technological Innovation: The Prewar Annapolis Engineering Experiment Station, William M. McBride -- Chapter Eight, Dr. Veblen at Aberdeen: Mathematics, Military Applications and Mass Production, David Alan Grier -- Chapter Nine, National Naval Laboratories and the Development of Fire Control Gyrocompasses in Interwar Britain and France, Sebastien Soubiran -- Chapter Ten, Washouts: Electroencephalography, epilepsy & emotions in the selection of American aviators during the Second World War, Kenton Kroker -- Chapter Eleven, A Matter of Gravity: Military Support for Gravimetry during the Cold War, Deborah J. Warner -- Chapter Twelve, Physics Between War and Peace, Peter Galison -- Index. 330 $aScientific research and instrumentation are crucial for military action today but they have not always been so. This collection investigates 500 years of the relationship between warfare, research, and instruments - both physical and intellectual - to understand this interaction. With U.S., English and French examples, contributors provide examples from army and naval history to show how governments and individuals made warfare scientific, developing instruments, stations, and organizations that furthered the cause. Some developments directly aided war efforts; others were parts of 'normal science' in peacetime; and others were relatively ineffective in directly bringing about military change. These developmental histories shed light on the origins of modern scientific warfare. Contributors: Steven A. Walton; William A. Lynch; Jamel Ostwald; Seymour H. Mauskopf ; James R. Fleming; Gerard P. Scharfenberger; William M. McBride; David Alan Grier; Sebastien Soubiran; Kenton Kroker; Deborah J. Warner; Peter Galison. 410 0$aHistory of warfare ;$vv. 28. 606 $aMilitary research$xHistory 606 $aMilitary art and science$xTechnological innovations 606 $aScientific apparatus and instruments$xHistory 606 $aMilitary art and science$xInstruments 615 0$aMilitary research$xHistory. 615 0$aMilitary art and science$xTechnological innovations. 615 0$aScientific apparatus and instruments$xHistory. 615 0$aMilitary art and science$xInstruments. 676 $a355/.07 701 $aWalton$b Steven A$01762552 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813458503321 996 $aInstrumental in war$94202553 997 $aUNINA