John Edye FRS (7 August 1789 – 1 March 1873) [1] was the talented Chief Clerk in the Surveyor of the Navy's Office during the 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
- ^ a b Complete List of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007, page 109
- ^ a b c d Biography of Symonds by Andrew Lambert on the Dictionary of National Biography, with details on Edye.
External links
- 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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