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Author : Kenneth Cloves Barnaby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (834 download)
Download or read book Some Ship Disasters and Their Causes written by Kenneth Cloves Barnaby and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kenneth C. Barnaby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Some Ship Disasters and Their Causes written by Kenneth C. Barnaby and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sam Willis
Publisher : Quercus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782065229
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Shipwreck written by Sam Willis and published by Quercus Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shipwrecks have captured our imagination for centuries. Here acclaimed historian Sam Willis traces the astonishing tales of ships that have met with disastrous ends, along with the ensuing acts of courage, moments of sacrifice and episodes of villainy that inevitably occurred in the extreme conditions. Many were freak accidents, and their circumstances so extraordinary that they inspired literature: the ramming of the Essex by a sperm whale was immortalized in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Some symbolize colossal human tragedy: including the legendary Titanic whose maiden voyage famously went from pleasure cruise to epic catastrophe. From the Kyrenia ship of 300 BC to the Mary Rose, through to the Kursk submarine tragedy of 2000, this is a thrilling work of narrative history from one of our most talented young historians.
Author : Maritime Training Advisory Board (U.S.)
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788104780
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (881 download)
Download or read book Marine Fire Prevention, Firefighting and Fire Safety written by Maritime Training Advisory Board (U.S.) and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive training and reference manual used as a textbook in maritime institutions. Addresses the prevention, control, and extinguishing of fires aboard commercial vessels and on offshore drilling rigs. Includes chapters on emergency procedures and equipment as well as case studies of past shipboard fires. Generously illustrated with drawings, photos, diagrams, tables, and checklists. Recommended reading for all maritime personnel and kept both in shipboard reference libraries and in the offices of maritime executives.
Author : Fred M Walker
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848320728
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (483 download)
Download or read book Ships and Shipbuilders written by Fred M Walker and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past three centuries the ship has developed from the relatively unsophisticated sail-driven vessel which would have been familiar to the sailors of the Tudor navy, to the huge motor-driven container ships, nuclear submarines and vast cruise liners that ply our seas today. Who were the innovators and builders who, during that span of time, prompted and instigated the most significant advances? In the past three centuries the ship has developed from the relatively unsophisticated sail-driven vessel which would have been familiar to the sailors of the Tudor navy, to the huge motor-driven container ships, nuclear submarines and vast cruise liners that ply our seas today. Who were the innovators and builders who, during that span of time, prompted and instigated the most significant advances? In this new book the author describes the lives and deeds of more the 120 great engineers, scientists, philosophers, businessmen, shipwrights, naval architects and inventors who shaped ship design and shipbuilding world wide. Covering the story chronologically, and going back briefly even to Archimedes, such well-known names as Anthony Deane, Peter the Great, James Watt, Robert Fulton and Isambard Kingdom Brunel share space with lesser known characters like the luckless Frederic Sauvage, a pioneer of screw propulsion who, unable to interest the French navy in his tests in the early 1830s, was bankrupted and landed in debtors prison. With the inclusion of such names as Ben Lexcen, the Australian yacht designer who developed the controversial winged keel for the 1983 Americas Cup, the story is brought right up to date. Concise linking chapters place all these innovators in context so that a clear and fascinating history of the development of ships and shipbuilding emerges from the pages. An original and important new reference book.
Author : Jonathan Eyers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1442221674
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Final Voyage written by Jonathan Eyers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With disasters from all over the world, these are stories of the people--whether they lived or died--as well as the ships."--Back cover.
Author : Alan G. Jamieson
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789146208
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)
Download or read book Out of the Depths written by Alan G. Jamieson and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2022-10-24 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly illustrated voyage through shipwrecks ancient and contemporary. Out of the Depths explores all aspects of shipwrecks across four thousand years, examining their historical context and significance, showing how shipwrecks can be time capsules, and shedding new light on long-departed societies and civilizations. Alan G. Jamieson not only informs readers of the technological developments over the last sixty years that have made the true appreciation of shipwrecks possible, but he also covers shipwrecks in culture and maritime archaeology, their appeal to treasure hunters, and their environmental impacts. Although shipwrecks have become less common in recent decades, their implications have become more wide-ranging: since the 1960s, foundering supertankers have caused massive environmental disasters, and in 2021, the blocking of the Suez Canal by the giant container ship Ever Given had a serious effect on global trade.
Author : Keith Eastlake
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136742565
Total Pages : 709 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book World Disasters written by Keith Eastlake and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book looks at some of the most horrifying and noteworthy disasters to have occurred around the world. More than 200 disasters involving aircraft, ships and trains as well as fires are analysed in detail, accompanied by 500 photographs. The entries, which are arranged chronologically, explain the background to each incident, the eve
Author : Rainer Baehre
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780886293192
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (931 download)
Download or read book Outrageous Seas written by Rainer Baehre and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1999 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outrageous Seas is about that time, and about the harrowing, almost mythic, experience of shipwreck, near-shipwreck, and survival in waters off Newfoundland.
Author : Robert Antosia
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387328041
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Bioterrorism and Disaster Medicine written by Robert Antosia and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-12-22 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an essential portable handbook on bioterrorism and disaster medicine. Its practical and comprehensive text features chapters pertinent to bioterrorism, infectious disease, microbiology, virology, public health, epidemiology, and disaster medicine. It will serve as a practical guide for situation-specific disasters; recognize what injuries or illnesses to expect; provide proactive guidelines to define specific diseases; and give a guide of appropriate personnel protective equipment during these large-scale emergencies. It is an essential companion to those either interested or currently working in any of the aforementioned fields.
Author : Rachel Maines
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813570239
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)
Download or read book Asbestos and Fire written by Rachel Maines and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For much of the industrial era, asbestos was a widely acclaimed benchmark material. During its heyday, it was manufactured into nearly three thousand different products, most of which protected life and property from heat, flame, and electricity. It was used in virtually every industry from hotel keeping to military technology to chemical manufacturing, and was integral to building construction from shacks to skyscrapers in every community across the United States. Beginning in the mid-1960s, however, this once popular mineral began a rapid fall from grace as growing attention to the serious health risks associated with it began to overshadow the protections and benefits it provided. In this thought-provoking and controversial book, Rachel Maines challenges the recent vilification of asbestos by providing a historical perspective on Americans’ changing perceptions about risk. She suggests that the very success of asbestos and other fire-prevention technologies in containing deadly blazes has led to a sort of historical amnesia about the very risks they were supposed to reduce. Asbestos and Fire is not only the most thoroughly researched and balanced look at the history of asbestos, it is also an important contribution to a larger debate that considers how the risks of technological solutions should be evaluated. As technology offers us ever-increasing opportunities to protect and prevent, Maines urges that learning to accept and effectively address the unintended consequences of technological innovations is a growing part of our collective responsibility.
Author : Francis E. Hyde
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349023906
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Cunard and the North Atlantic 1840–1973 written by Francis E. Hyde and published by Springer. This book was released on 1975-06-18 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Air Force. Pacific Air Forces
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Transportation written by United States. Air Force. Pacific Air Forces and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C. Hood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135362629
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)
Download or read book Accident And Design written by C. Hood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of different theoretical, methodological and practical approaches towards the management of risk. Seven dimensions of the debate are identified, and the case for each position is put forward, the whole discussion being set in context and perspective. This volume attempts to identify and juxtapose the contested doctrines and underlying assumptions in the field of risk management.
Author : Hayden Wedge
Publisher : The Oliver Press
ISBN 13 : 1545744610
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (457 download)
Download or read book Examining Shipwrecks written by Hayden Wedge and published by The Oliver Press. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Bad things can happen to people through no fault of their own?as those harmed recently by hurricanes Harvey and Irma know all too well. Whether natural or manmade, disasters have long enthralled young readers. Examining Disasters, a well-reviewed series of eight books from Clara House Books, an imprint of The Oliver Press, explores the science behind disasters. What, for example, causes airplanes to fall from the sky, or bridges to collapse, or ships to sink? For explanations, we must look to physics. It is through the study of geology that we learn how earthquakes occur. Pandemics, such as SARS or the outbreak of Ebola, affect the lives of millions. Biology, and microbiology in particular, holds the answers to how diseases are spread and how they may be prevented. Colorfully illustrated and attractively designed, Examining Disasters will grab the attention of young readers while providing the basis of scientific inquiry that the core curriculum demands.
Author : Ronald W. Perry
Publisher : Joseph Henry Press
ISBN 13 : 0309171970
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Facing the Unexpected written by Ronald W. Perry and published by Joseph Henry Press. This book was released on 2001-11-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facing the Unexpected presents the wealth of information derived from disasters around the world over the past 25 years. The authors explore how these findings can improve disaster programs, identify remaining research needs, and discuss disaster within the broader context of sustainable development. How do different people think about disaster? Are we more likely to panic or to respond with altruism? Why are 110 people killed in a Valujet crash considered disaster victims while the 50,000 killed annually in traffic accidents in the U.S. are not? At the crossroads of social, cultural, and economic factors, this book examines these and other compelling questions. The authors review the influences that shape the U.S. governmental system for disaster planning and response, the effectiveness of local emergency agencies, and the level of professionalism in the field. They also compare technological versus natural disaster and examine the impact of technology on disaster programs.
Author : A. Hoehling
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 1418559164
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (185 download)
Download or read book Lost at Sea written by A. Hoehling and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 1999-01-30 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost at Sea features the incredible stories of eight ships and their passengers, some of which vanished with hardly a trace - or no trace at all. Veteran history and mystery writer A.A.Hoehling explores these previously unexplained maritime mishaps with the skill of a detective seeking to uncover a murderer.
