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Shaw Savill's magnificent seven : Corinthic, Athenic, Ceramic, Gothic, Persic, Runic, Suevic /Andrew Bell A history of Shaw Savill's Corinthic, Athenic, Ceramic, Gothic, Persic, Runic, Suevic - seven ships designed as large cargo vessels to service the trade routes between New Zealand and London. The Corinthic, Athenic, Ceramic and Gothic also carried passengers - the Gothic famous as the vessel carrying Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on their world coronation tour. Chapters on each vessel provide details of their design, construction, service history and cargoes, and also include personal accounts of events and anecdotes about life on board. Each chapter is richly illustrated including plans and photographs of the ship's launch, interior and exterior, and crew. An appendix covers the demise of Furness Withy, owner of Shaw Savill since 1935, and a concluding section contains illustrations of memorabilia including extracts from the 'Information for passengers' booklet, publicity brochures and documents relating to the coronation tour. 2011. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 347.792SHAW SAVILL

Titanic unseen : Titanic and her contemporaries : images from the Bell and Kempster albums /Senan Molony "Titanic was meant to be another success in a litany of past glories for the White Star Line. Her fate was an unexpected shock and global tragedy, ensuring her immortality in the minds of millions even 100 years later. But her untimely demise often overshadows her remarkable life - the distinguished heritage of her fleet, the ingenuity of those who built her and the dedication of those who worked on board, many of whom would later become heroes. Titanic Unseen provides a unique insight into what it meant to build, deploy and operate the great ships of the White Star Line in the Titanic era. Weaving together images from the evocative albums of White Star crew member Philip Bell and Harland & Wolff engineer John Kempster, it is a revelatory portrait of this iconic vessel."--Provided by the publisher. 2016 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3TITANIC

The autobiography of a man-o-war's bell : a tale of the sea Low, Charles Rathbone, 1975 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-3

Brass hats and bell-bottomed trousers : unforgettable and splendid feats of the Harwich patrol Carr, William Guy 1939 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.459(426.7)

The nine lives of ding dong bell : a sea story from the 1930's-50's Hutson, Richard 1995 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Hutson, Richard

Merchants and scholars : essays in the history of exploration and trade, collected in memory of James Ford Bell 1965 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 082.2Bell

Bell. "This volume provides fresh perspectives on the international strategic environment between the two world wars. At London in 1930, the United States, Great Britain, and Japan concluded an important arms control agreement to manage the international competition in naval armaments. In particular, the major naval powers reached agreement about how many heavy cruisers they could possess. Hailed at the time as a signal achievement in international cooperation, the success at London proved short-lived. France and Italy refused to participate in the treaty. Even worse followed, as within a few years growing antagonisms among the great powers manifested itself in the complete breakdown of the interwar arms control regime negotiated at London. The resulting naval arms race would set Japan and the United States on a collision course toward Pearl Harbor. "-- 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.019.2"1930"

Foreword by Melville Bell Grosvenor. Villiers, Alan 1973. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123

Sir John Franklin's last expedition to the Arctic regions : a memorial sketch with letters /Benjamin Bell This memorial was originally published in 1881 at the request of Irving's father. Born in 1815, Irving was a lieutenant on HMS Terror during Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition to find the North West passage. Found by a search party in 1878, a body was identified as Irving's by a silver medal and was returned to Edinburgh for burial. This memorial contains biographical details of Irving, his letters, details of the various search and rescue attempts, a description of his funeral and a reconstructed chronology of the Franklin expedition compiled by Clements Markham. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Emergency diving bell recovery : guidance notes, code of practice on certain aspects of the design and Association of Offshore Diving Contractors 1980 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 626.022.1

Henry Bell, the steamship inventor : some notes on his ancestry and his life with an appendix defining Baillie, Ian L G 1996 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 623.123.21

towns and urban cultures : international histories of the waterfront, c.1700-2000 /Brad Beaven, Karl Bell "Despite the port's prominence in maritime history, its cultural significance has long been neglected in favour of its role within economic and imperial networks. Defined by their intersection of maritime and urban space, port towns were sites of complex cultural exchanges. This book, the product of international scholarship, offers innovative and challenging perspectives on the cultural histories of ports, ranging from eighteenth-century Africa to twentieth-century Australasia and Europe. The essays in this important collection explore two key themes; the nature and character of 'sailortown' culture and port-town life, and the representations of port towns that were forged both within and beyond urban-maritime communities. The book's exploration of port town identities and cultures, and its use of a rich array of methodological approaches and cultural artefacts, will make it of great interest to both urban and maritime historians. It also represents a major contribution to the emerging, interdisciplinary field of coastal studies."--Provided by the publisher. [2016] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 387.1/09

Some recollections : commanding the clipper ships Houqua, Jacob Bell, Samuel Russell, and N B Palmer Low, Charles P 1905 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.071.22

Five minutes to one bell : a few hints to junior watchkeepers together with some remarks on the duties Watchkeeper 1914 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.51(42)"19"

the Conference of Historic Framing of Watercolours, Drawings, and Prints, June 1996 /edited by Nancy Bell Conference of Historic Framing and Presentation of Watercolours, Drawings, and Prints 1997. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 069.44:7.024.5

The life of Henry Bell, the practical introducer of the steam-boat into Great Britain and Ireland; to Morris, Edward 1844 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:92Bell

containing the Gulf and River St Laurence, the whole island of Newfoundland, including the Straits of Bell-Isle Jefferys, Thomas 1775 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:527.83(261)

submarines : 1901 to the present day /Maurice Cocker ; with drawings by John Lambert ; foreword by Lancelot Bell Cocker, Maurice. 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.21:623.823.3"19/20"

An Account of the Bell Rock light-house, including the details of the erection and peculiar structure Stevenson, Robert 1824 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 094:627.715(413.1)

Bell, Carolyn Kennett, Robert W. Smith, editors. "The 1846 discovery of Neptune is one of the most remarkable stories in the history of astronomy. However, the events surrouding this discovery have long been mired in controversy engaging European and American astronomers alike. Who first predicted the new planet? Was the discovery a triumph of Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravitation, or was it just a lucky fluke? Written by an international group of experts, this path-breaking volume explores in unprecedented depth the contentious history of Neptune's discovery. Drawing on newly discovered documents and re-examining the historical record, the authors reveal new insights into kew individuals and the pressures acting on them. Moreover, using modern tools in celestial mechanics developed in the last twenty years, the book discusses Newton's ideas about gravity and re-examines the calculations that prompted the discovery of Neptune. This process also reveals why the approach that proved so potent for Neptune's discovery could not produce similar discoveries, despite several valiant attempts. The final cahpters recount how the discovery of Neptune marked the end of one quest - to explain the wayward motions of Uranus - and the beginning of another: to understand the outer Solar System, whose icy precincts Neptune, the outermost of the giant planets, bounds."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. txt

The royal manor of Richmond, Petersham, Ham and Kew Bell, Arthur G, Mrs 1907 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 725.171(422.1)

Old English barometers Bell, G H 1952 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 551.501.4

A list of the works contributed to public exhibitions by J M W Turner Bell, C. F.-(Charles Francis), 1901 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 75.035(42)"18"

Seamen of Britain Bell, Douglas 1943 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49(42)

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