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Europe has over 40,000 miles of coastline, stretching from the icy
black waters of the Baltic to the deceptively serene Mediterranean.
With many of Europe's countries bordering a sea, the need for
lighthouses has spanned much of the continent for centuries.
Lighthouses hold a perennial fascination for many of us - an
indicator of danger, a beacon of the sea, laced with history and
romance and a magnet for coastal walkers and visitors. Photographer
Thomas Ebelt was charged with capturing beautiful imagery of the
most stunning lighthouses for a lavish calendar, but on his
journeys along Europe's coasts he found enough outstanding
structures and dramatic landscapes to fill a calendar every year
for a decade or more. This book is a collection of his finest
photographs, from Poland and Estonia, via Iceland, around Scotland
and England, and towards Malta and Sicily. Each lighthouse is
accompanied by illuminating text about their history and
construction. Specifications boxes provide information on position,
identification features, height of the tower, height of the light,
range and year of construction.
Developed to complement Reeds Vol 8 (General Engineering for Marine
Engineers), this indispensable textbook comprehensively covers the
motor engineering syllabus for marine engineering officer cadets.
Starting with the theoretical and practical thermodynamic operating
cycles, the book is structured to give a description of the engines
and components used to extract energy from fossil fuels and achieve
high levels of efficiency. Accessibly written and clearly
illustrated, this book is the only guide available for marine
engineering students focusing on the knowledge needed for passing
the motor engineering certificate of Competency (CoC) examinations.
This new edition reflects all developments within the discipline
and includes updates and additions on, amongst other things: ·
Engine emissions and control engineering · Fuel injection ·
Starting and reversing · Ancillary supply systems · Safety and
the environment Plus updates to many of the technical engineering
drawings.
This is the first international history of the birth and rebirth of
the electric boat and ship from 1835 to the present day. It
celebrates the Golden Era of electric launches, 1880-1910. It
narrates how, despite the arrival of the internal combustion
engine, electric propulsion continued its progress with the
turbo-electric ship. It shows how sustainable and hybrid
technologies, pioneered in small inland waterways craft towards the
end of the 20th Century, have recently been scaled up to the
integrated electric propulsion of the largest ocean-going ships.
This first biography of Sir Raymond Priestley is well overdue, and
its absence can only be explained by the scale of research
necessary to cover the breadth and variety of his achievements over
a very long and active life. It will be of interest across a wide
range of disciplines, especially to those for whom the "Heroic Age"
of Antarctic Exploration has a particular fascination. His
involvement as a member of both Sir Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod and
Robert Scott's Terra Nova Expeditions, during which he played a
full and, on occasions, life threatening role was followed
immediately by service in the First World War during which his
gallantry was recognized by the award of a Military Medal;
thereafter he made a further significant contribution in writing
both the Official History of the British Army Signal Service and
the History of the 46th (North Midland) Division in which he
served. After the war, whilst at the University of Cambridge, he
played a leading role in the establishment of the Scott Polar
Research Institute followed by appointments as Vice-Chancellor of
the Universities of Melbourne and then Birmingham, as well as
helping to establish the University of the West Indies. Later he
received a knighthood for his services to education. During his
retirement, a complete misnomer in his case, he went with His Royal
Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh, as an Antarctic expert on the RY
Britannia followed closely as the British Observer on the American
Deep Freeze IV Expedition during his tenure as Acting Director of
the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (later, the British
Antarctic Survey). It was no surprise that, against this
background, he was invited to become President of the Royal
Geographical Society. Despite the demands made upon him, he
maintained a strong and active interest in his family's affairs
throughout the whole of his life.
Plans included:Sines (1:30 000)Lagos (1:30 000)Portimao (1:25
000)Vilamoura (1:20 000)Vila Real de Santo Antonio (1:35 000)Isla
Cristina (1:30 000)Mazagon (1:40 000)Chipiona (1:40 000)Rota (1:25
000)Bahia de Cadiz (1:55 000)Puerto Sherry (1:30 000)Sancti-Petri
(1:30 000)Barbate (1:75 000)Tarifa (1:20 000)Gibraltar (1:40
000)Strait of Gibraltar (1:275 000)On this 2017 the latest depth
surveys have been applied. Harbour developments in Gibraltar are
included as are the latest firing practice areas in Golfo de Cadiz.
The chart specification has been improved to show coloured light
flashes. There has been general updating throughout.
Sailing his newly-created yacht Mingming II, Roger ventures into
the Baring Sea and explores the islands of north-eastern Svalbard.
During the 55-day voyage to waters seldom sailed in, he encounters
everything from walruses to inquisitive humpback whales to massive
ice cliffs, and nearly rescues a beautiful Russian girl from Bear
Island. On his way back he makes his third visit to the island of
Jan Mayen, deep in the Norwegian Sea, and there fulfils a long-held
ambition. Acutely observational and well-laced with Taylor's wry
humour, the book is as much an exploration of what is possible with
one man, one simple boat and one home-made sail, as a journey to
some of the planet's bleakest and most beautiful islands.
The Nemesis was the first of a generation of iron-clad,
steam-powered naval vessels that established British dominance in
Asian waters in the 19th century. The world's first iron warship,
the first vessel with truly watertight compartments, and the first
iron vessel to round the Cape of Good Hope, Nemesis represented a
staggering new level of military superiority over the oar- and
sail-powered forces of Britain's Asian rivals. With a shallow draft
suited to riverine operations, and flexible armaments, she
originated "gunboat diplomacy" in operations during the First Opium
War. While her importance is recognized in the military history
literature, the Nemesis' story has not been told to modern
audiences. This lively narrative creates a vivid sense of life
aboard the ship, and the challenges of the new technology for her
captains and crew. The book places Nemesis in the historical
context of the last years of the East India Company, and in the
history of steam power and of iron ships. It tells of her exploits
in the First Opium War, upriver in James Brooke's Sarawak, in
pirate suppression and naval actions across Asia, from Burma to
Bombay to the Yangtze River and beyond.
This text presents the state of the art in friction drag/resistance
reduction technologies for BODIES and crafts operating in liquids
at and beneath the free surface. It is useful for professionals
with backgrounds in advanced fluid dynamics as well as by academics
teaching introductory graduate courses in this area. Active control
of resistance will include a discussion of friction reduction, for
example through the injection of gas that can form air layers and
polymers that initially reside adjacent to the hull, including the
use of partial and super cavities. The book discusses passive
resistance control achieved through changes in the overall hull
shape and appendages, including the application of lifting bodies,
bulbous bows, and stern flaps. It also addresses passive reduction
of skin friction through the application of hull coatings and other
elements of hull husbandry.
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