A New System for Preventing Collisions at Sea, Printed for the Author by Cassell and Company, 1912, chart frontispiece, wood engraved and black & white illustrations and diagrams, letterpress notice sheet tipped-in at front and rear, front free endpaper inscribed 'Presented by Lady Maxim. See S.M. 18/355', original green cloth gilt, slim 8vo The volume refers to the then recent sinking of the Titanic and in light of this, examines the ability of the bat to use sound vibrations or sonar to avoid collisions, and suggests equipment that could be used on board ship to act in a similar way and also to transmit messages via Morse code. (1)
A New System for Preventing Collisions at Sea, Printed for the Author by Cassell and Company, 1912, chart frontispiece, wood engraved and black & white illustrations and diagrams, letterpress notice sheet tipped-in at front and rear, front free endpaper inscribed 'Presented by Lady Maxim. See S.M. 18/355', original green cloth gilt, slim 8vo The volume refers to the then recent sinking of the Titanic and in light of this, examines the ability of the bat to use sound vibrations or sonar to avoid collisions, and suggests equipment that could be used on board ship to act in a similar way and also to transmit messages via Morse code. (1)
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