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Benjamin Franklin Isherwood, Naval Engineer : The Years as Engineer in Chief, 18611869
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sloan III, Edward William.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Isherwood, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1822-1915.
- Marine engineering--United States--History.
- Marine engineers--United States--Biography.
- United States. Navy--History.
- United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Engineering--Biography.
- Marine engineers.
- United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Engineering--Biography.
- United States.
- Isherwood, B. F.
- Local Subjects:
- Isherwood, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1822-1915.
- Marine engineering--United States--History.
- Marine engineers--United States--Biography.
- United States. Navy--History.
- United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Engineering--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (536 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Benjamin Franklin Isherwood, Naval Engineer
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Naval Institute Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A classic account of the 40-year Naval career of Benjamin Franklin Isherwood, whose contributions to Naval engineering helped usher in the development of the modern American Navy. Focusing on the years during and immediately after the Civil War, this study chronicles the extensive contributions made by Isherwood in expanding the size and scope of the U.S. Navy.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Contents; Illustrations; I. The New Engineer in Chief; II. Building the Union Navy; III. Isherwood and the Ironclads; IV. The Unwelcome Pioneer; V. The Lawyer and the Engineer; VI. Trials and Tribulations; VII. The Steam Bureau under Attack; VIII. The Inventor and the Engineer; IX. Isherwood's Masterpiece; X. Line against Staff; XI. Triumph of the Reactionaries; XII. Always the Engineer; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781612512914
- 1612512917
- OCLC:
- 827212530
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