Bridging the Seas: The Rise of Naval Architecture in the Industrial Age, 1800-2000 (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)

Well written History of Naval Architecture from an author who is both a Naval Architect and Historian

This book is very thorough with great footnotes and sources. I really enjoyed the the historical beginning to the book. The Author's prior book of an earlier time period is also excellent. The book does become quite technical in its exploration of the history naval architecture. If you like the subject you need this book for library. I only wish it came in hardback like the earlier book.

It’s a good book but I think potential readers need to have a great interest in maritime history and an amateur interest in ship design. The book discusses the early conceptual understanding of hull hogging and sagging, wave resistance, and early structural iron hull design techniques (they were designed like iron bridges).By the mid- to late-18th century, physicists had a good theoretical understanding of issues such as buoyancy, center of gravity, righting moment, and hull resistance to fluid motion. With a few exceptions, it took another 50 to 100 years before this knowledge percolated down to ship designers / naval architects. The French led the way. There is also a good discussion of the development and use of ship scale models and laboratory towing tanks to investigate hull designs for speed, wave attenuation, and required horsepower for full-sized ships.The book also discusses the evolution and understanding of paddle wheel and propeller designs and the development of steam engines for ships.

An interesting, educational and enjoyable read for those who have practiced or aspire to practice ship design. Well researched and well written.

Just what I wanted. Thanks EPG

So happy we bought this. My son enjoys the naval architecture and understanding the imagination of the minds behind the ships.

Auch dieses Buch ist absolut lesenswert, erklärt die wesentlichen Entwicklungen des Schiffbaus von 1800 bis 2000 umfassend. Umfangreiche Quellenangaben.

I am a naval architecture student and reading this book has made me realize how hard and interesting was to discover new construction technics and how engineers back then had to adapt to new types of ships. I really recommend it