A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth : performed by a student there 177[blank].
Published / Created:
Portsmouth, England, approximately 1798-1799.
Physical Description:
518 pages : illustrations, diagrams, maps ; 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:11904339
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
The will of Edmund Nagle Rice, Midshipman on board the H.M.S. Topaze, written January 14, 1801, bequeaths his worldly possessions to his mother, Susana Maria Rice (widow), of 61 Cumberland Street, Portsea. From 1733 to 1837, the Royal Naval Academy, in Portsmouth, England served as a school for the standardized training of officers for the Royal Navy.
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
Subject Terms:
Livesay, Richard, -1823? | Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758–1834. | Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Officers -- Training of -- 18th century. | Portsmouth (England). Royal naval college. | Arithmetic -- Study and teaching. | Arithmetic -- Problems, exercises, etc. | Artillery -- Study and teaching. | Artillery -- Problems, exercises, etc. | Astronomy -- Study and teaching. | Astronomy -- Problems, exercises, etc. | Fortification -- Study and teaching. | Fortification -- Problems, exercises, etc. | Geometry -- Study and teaching. | Geometry -- Problems, exercises, etc. | Geometrical drawing -- Study and teaching. | Geometrical drawing -- Problems, exercises, etc. | Geography -- Study and teaching. | Geography -- Problems, exercises, etc. | Nautical training-schools. | Naval art and science -- Problems, exercises, etc. | Naval education -- Great Britain -- 18th century. | Navigation -- Problems, exercises, etc. | School notebooks -- Great Britain -- 18th century. | Naval education. | Navigation -- Study and teaching. | Training-ships.
