Geography, technology and instruments of exploration / edited by Fraser MacDonald and Charles W. J. Withers

Published:: Surrey ; Burlington (Vt.) : Ashgate, [2015], cop. 2015.
Physical Description:: 1 volume (XII-269 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators:: McDonald, W. F. (W. Fraser) and Withers, Charles W. J.

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Studies in historical geography

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Machine generated contents note: 1.Equipping Expeditionary Astronomers: Nevil Maskelyne and the Development of `Precision Exploration' / Rebekah Higgitt -- 2.Instrumenting Order: Longitude, Seamen and Astronomers, 1770--1805 / Eoin Phillips -- 3.North by Northwest? Experimental Instruments and Instruments of Experiment / Richard Dunn -- 4.Weather Instruments all at Sea: Meteorology and the Royal Navy in the Nineteenth Century / Simon Naylor -- 5.Objects of Exploration: Expanding the Horizons of Maritime History / John McAleer -- 6.Instruments of Exploration in National Museums Scotland / A.D. Morrison-Low -- 7.`Instruments in the Hands of Others': The Life and Liveliness of Instruments of British Geographical Exploration, c.1860--c.1930 / Charles W.J. Withers -- 8.Seismic Instruments, Geographical Perspectives / Deborah Jean Warner -- 9.Aerial Photography in Geography and Exploration / Peter Collier -- 10.Uncovering Camouflage: The Technology of Location and the Craft of Erasure / Isla Forsyth -- 11.Instruments of Science and War: Frank Malina and the Object of Rocketry / Fraser MacDonald -- 12.UK Radar (Dis)Integration in the 1960s: Linesman/Mediator Radar Development and the Calculus of Nuclear Deterrence / Graham Spinardi.

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9781472434258
1472434250

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Notes bibliogr. Index.

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