Pollen Papers

Name: Pollen Papers
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ISBN: 9780049421820

ISBN-10: 0049421824

ISBN-13: 9780049421820

Edition: 1984

Authors: Jon Sumida

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Arthur Pollen (1866-1937) trained as a barrister but eventually became a successful businessman. In 1900 he became interested in the problem of aiming naval artillery after witnessing a practice firing at sea. From that time he formulated his ideas for a system of firing accurately at long range and in 1906 he persuaded the Admiralty to co-operate in the development of his proposals. However, Pollen's ideas were not adopted as an influential group of naval officers supported another system, the Dreyer method of fire control, although some of Pollen's ideas were used. In 1913 Pollen finally abandoned his attempts to get the Admiralty's support. Promising negotiations with foreign navies were…

Book details

List price: $160.95
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/24/2019
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 420
Weight: 2.354
Language: English