Sir alfred ewing and naval education

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ABSTRACT THE connexion of Sir Alfred Ewing with naval education came about through the decision of the Admiralty, in 1902, to carry out a root and branch reform of the training of officers and men in all sections of the Navy. The reform was long overdue, for even up to 1901, junior officers spent a part of their time in learning to manoauvre ships under sail, although for all practical purposes sails in warships had been obsolete for thirty years. Then, too, there was the urgent problem of the staffing of the engine rooms of the steadily increasing fleet, a problem rendered difficult by the failure of successive Boards of Admiralty to adjust the status of naval engineers in accordance with their responsibilities. ARTICLE PDF ENJOYING OUR LATEST CONTENT? LOGIN OR CREATE AN ACCOUNT TO CONTINUE * Get immediate access to this article * Also access the latest journalism from Nature's award winning team Access through your institution or Sign in or create an account Continue with Google Continue with ORCiD Authors * EDGAR C. SMITH View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE SMITH, E. Sir Alfred Ewing and Naval Education. _Nature_ 135, 140 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135140a0 Download citation * Issue Date: 26 January 1935 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/135140a0 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative

ABSTRACT THE connexion of Sir Alfred Ewing with naval education came about through the decision of the Admiralty, in 1902, to carry out a root and branch reform of the training of officers


and men in all sections of the Navy. The reform was long overdue, for even up to 1901, junior officers spent a part of their time in learning to manoauvre ships under sail, although for all


practical purposes sails in warships had been obsolete for thirty years. Then, too, there was the urgent problem of the staffing of the engine rooms of the steadily increasing fleet, a


problem rendered difficult by the failure of successive Boards of Admiralty to adjust the status of naval engineers in accordance with their responsibilities. ARTICLE PDF ENJOYING OUR LATEST


CONTENT? LOGIN OR CREATE AN ACCOUNT TO CONTINUE * Get immediate access to this article * Also access the latest journalism from Nature's award winning team Access through your


institution or Sign in or create an account Continue with Google Continue with ORCiD Authors * EDGAR C. SMITH View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google


Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE SMITH, E. Sir Alfred Ewing and Naval Education. _Nature_ 135, 140 (1935).


https://doi.org/10.1038/135140a0 Download citation * Issue Date: 26 January 1935 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/135140a0 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be


able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing


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