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archaeological, technological and historical sources, it describes vessels used on English inland and coastal waters and in the open sea. The evidence of wrecks and abandoned vessels is drawn on, as well as extant vessels. Also included is the early development of submarines.
This paper traces the history of ship design since Roman times, when ship designers began to use curves for drawing frames, through the Venetian techniques (XIII-XVI centuries) reusing templates, to the most modern methods for ship design with CAD/CAM Systems.
15 wrz 2023 · The best resource for learning more about ship plans, drawings, and other materials in the holdings of the Cartographic Branch is the Ship Plan Index. The index is arranged alphabetically by ship name, and provides the record group and a link to the series in the catalog for each ship.
Barely a foot long, the model of the Turbinia is the smallest exhibit in the Museum's Hart Nautical Gallery. But it captures one of the biggest revolutions in ship design and propulsion: the steam turbine. In the late 1800s, steam power ruled the waves.
Beginning early in the sixteenth century, English shipbuilding methods underwent a major revolution with the introduction of Mediterranean/Iberian carvel, or plank-on-frame, techniques in place of the earlier, northern European clinker or lapstrake approach.
Ships are complex artifacts, conceived and built to operate between two environments – water and air – with different viscosities, weights, and dynamics. To understand the evolution of shipbuilding we must use written documents, iconography, and archaeological remains.
Ferreiro, Larrie D. Ships and Science: The Birth of Naval Architecture in the Scientific Revolution, 1600–1800. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2007. 432pp. $45. This is the first in a planned two-volume history of the application of scientific theory to ship design.
