Science, Utility and Maritime Power: Samuel Bentham in Russia, 1779-91 (Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies)

by Roger Morriss

Dr. Tim Benbow, Professor Greg Kennedy, and Dr. Jon Robb-Webb

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During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Samuel Bentham influenced both the technology and the administrative ideas employed in the management of the British navy. His influence stemmed from his passion for science, from his desire to achieve improvements based on a belief in the principle of Utility, and from experience gained over eleven years in Russia, a large part in the service of Catherine the Great and Prince Potemkin. Having travelled extensively throughout the north and south of Russia, Poland and Siberia, he managed Potemkin's industries at Krichev, built fast river galleys, armed the Russian flotilla of small...

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  • ISBN13 9781472451996
  • Publish Date 28 February 2015 (first published 1 January 2015)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Ashgate Publishing Limited
  • Edition New edition
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 286
  • Language English