Doctoral Dissertation Research: William Whewell's and Sir Francis Beaufort's Study of the Tides and the Organization of Science

博士论文研究：威廉·休厄尔和弗朗西斯·博福特爵士对潮汐和科学组织的研究

• 批准号: 9710527
• 负责人: Sally Kohlstedt
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-08-01 至 1998-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9710527&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; William; Whewell

This study will bring to the fore essential questions concerning the center and periphery of science by focusing on the collaboration between the British savants and the British Admiralty in the early Victorian era. William Whewell and Sir Francis Beaufort were central in placing the empirical investigation of oceanic tides on a firm foundation. The present study will add an important and still unstudied dimension to William Whewell's achievements by analyzing his twenty-five year research project on the tides. It also will unveil Sir Francis Beaufort's role as the principal link between scientists and the British Admiralty in the early Victorian era. Support will be used to carry out research on the following unpublished manuscript sources: 1) the Whewell Papers at Trinity College, Cambridge; 2) the Francis Beaufort collection at the National Maritime Museum, and the Hydrographic Office; 3) John Lubbock's papers at the Royal Society; 4) Records of the Admiralty at the Public Records Office, London, and the National Maritime Museum; and 5) local records where a Royal Naval Dockyard operated: Bristol, Plymouth, Portsmouth, and Liverpool.

本研究将通过关注维多利亚时代早期英国学者和英国海军部之间的合作，来突出有关科学中心和边缘的基本问题。 威廉·休厄尔和弗朗西斯爵士博福特是把海洋潮汐的经验研究建立在坚实基础上的核心人物。 本研究将通过分析威廉·休厄尔25年的潮汐研究项目，为他的成就增加一个重要的和尚未研究的维度。它还将揭示弗朗西斯博福特爵士在维多利亚时代早期作为科学家和英国海军部之间主要联系人的作用。 将利用支助对下列未发表的手稿来源进行研究：（1）剑桥Trinity学院的Whewell论文;（2）国家海洋博物馆和水文局收藏的弗朗西斯博福特的作品集;（3）皇家学会收藏的约翰拉伯克的论文;（4）伦敦公共档案局和国家海洋博物馆收藏的海军部记录;以及5）皇家海军船坞运营的地方记录：布里斯托、普利茅斯、朴茨茅斯和利物浦。