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John Edye FRS (7 August 1789 – 1 March 1873)[1] was a naval architect and Assistant Surveyor of the Royal Navy in the early 19th century.[2] He invented a new means of construction for wooden warships and produced the detail for the Surveyor William Symonds's many designs.[2] Together he and Symonds created larger and larger wooden warships for the Royal Navy,[2] which were able not only to defeat an enemy by weight of fire (as the Navy had long been able to do) but also to pursue them and force battle.[2]
Edye was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 5 February 1835.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Complete List of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007, page 109
- 1 2 3 4 Biography of Symonds by Andrew Lambert on the Dictionary of National Biography, with details on Edye.
External links
[edit]- John Edye's Calculations Relating to the Equipment, Displacement, Etc. of Ships and Vessels of War, 1832, MS 546 held by Special Collections & Archives, Nimitz Library at the United States Naval Academy
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