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Hybrid ship hulls: engineering design rationales / Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, principal investigator

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Environmental load factors and system strength evaluation of offshore jacket platforms / Zafarullah Nizamani

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Analysis and design of marine structures V: proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Marine Structures (MARSTRUCT 2015), Southampton, UK, 25-27 March 2015 / editors C. Guedes Soares, R.A. Shenoi

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Corrosion control for offshore structures: cathodic protection and high-efficiency coating / Ramesh Singh

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Marine structural design calculations / Mohamed A. El-Reedy, Ph.D

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Subsea pipeline design, analysis, and installation Qiang Bai, Yong Bai

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Proceedings of the 19th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress / editors, C. Guedes Soares & Y. Garbatov

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Civil engineering in the oceans VI: proceedings of the international conference, October 20-22, 2004, Baltimore, Maryland / sponsored by Committee on Ocean and Offshore Engineering of the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute (COPRI) of the America

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Corrosion control for offshore structures: cathodic protection and high-efficiency coating / by Ramesh Singh

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Hybrid ship hulls: engineering design rationales / Vladimir M. Shkolnikov

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Marine structural design calculations Mohamed El-Reedy

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Marine structural design calculations / Mohamed A. El-Reedy

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Hybrid ship hulls: engineering design rationales / Vladimir M. Shkolnikov

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Mainstreaming unmanned undersea vehicles into future U.S. naval operations / Committee on Mainstreaming Unmanned Undersea Vehicles into Future U.S. Naval Operations ; Naval Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, the National Academ

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The proceedings / Fifth International Conference on Numerical Ship Hydrodynamics, 24-28 September 1989, Hiroshima International Conference Center, Hiroshima, Japan ; sponsored by Shipbuilding Research Association of Japan [and others] ; edited by Kazu-hi

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Structural Load & Fatigue on Floating Structures: international conference, 25 February 2015, London, UK / The Royal Institution of Naval Architects

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Ship stability, powering and resistance / Chris J Patterson, Jonathan D Ridley

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Hydrodynamics of planing monohull watercraft / William S. Vorus

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The marine coatings users handbook / Lou D. Vincent, Ph. D

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Offshore platform integration and floatover technology / Gengshen Liu, Huajun Li

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The ocean of tomorrow: investment assessment of multi-use offshore platforms: methodology and applications. / Phoebe Koundouri, editor

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Marine robotics and applications / Luc Jaulin, Andrea Caiti, Marc Carreras, Vincent Creuze, Frédéric Plumet, Benoît Zerr, Annick Billon-Coat, editors

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The ROV manual: a user guide for remotely operated vehicles / Robert D. Christ, Robert Wernli, Sr

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Hydrostatics and stability of marine vehicles: theory and practice / Byung Suk Lee

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Active control of offshore steel jacket platforms Bao-Lin Zhang, Qing-Long Han, Xian-Ming Zhang, Gong-You Tang

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Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference in Ocean Engineering (ICOE2018). K. Murali, V. Sriram, Abdus Samad, Nilanjan Saha, editors

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Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference in Ocean Engineering (ICOE2018). K. Murali, V. Sriram, Abdus Samad, Nilanjan Saha, editors

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Preserving History, One Sticky Note at a Time

Written by Claire L. Lanier During the heated 2016 election, New York artist Matthew “Levee” Chavez famously started the “sticky note project” in the Union Square subway station in Manhattan. Armed with nothing more than some pens and sticky notes, Levee encouraged passersby to write down their emotions surrounding the election and post them on the...

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Donate Items from Inauguration, Women’s Marches, and Nationwide Protests

Become a part of history! We’re collecting signs, posters, banners, sashes, buttons, flyers, and other ephemera–and the stories behind them–from the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., and any recent nationwide protests, including the women’s marches in January 2017. Do you have something you’d like to donate to our permanent collection? Contact our curatorial team at responses@nyhistory.org. Please...

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The First Inauguration

Written by Marci Reaven, Vice President of History Exhibits With presidential inaugurations in mind, we recently mounted a display of rare artifacts from the first inauguration—George Washington’s. You can see them as soon as you enter the museum. One of the objects is a section of the wrought-iron balustrade, or railing, that adorned the new capitol...

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Presidential Power Program Series: Looking at what it means to be president

by Claire L. Lanier This spring, in conjunction with The Presidency Project, the Museum is offering a series of twelve public programs exploring the American presidency – what it means, who did it well, who did it not so well, how different interpretations of the presidency have manifested the current functioning of the office, and...

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Suffrage on the Menu, Part III: Alva’s Political Equality Association Lunchroom

Written by Ina Bort In our last two posts, we explored the life of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont and dropped in at her Marble House suffrage conferences in Newport, where “Votes for Women” plates like this one may very well have been used. But it may be that these plates were instead (or also) used—that is,...

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Heels and History: What sparkly, red platform boots tell us about American culture

Written by Debra Schmidt Bach, Curator of Decorative Arts The New-York Historical Society recently acquired a pair of custom-made boots created for actor Kevin Smith Kirkwood for his role in the hit Broadway musical Kinky Boots, which tells the story of Charlie Price, a young Englishman who inherits his family’s failing shoe factory. While trying...

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National Art in Education Week: Meet the Art Educators of the Institution

In July 2010, the U.S. House of Representatives designated the second week of September as National Arts in Education Week. This annual celebration showcases and promotes the positive impact of arts education across the nation and its power to transform student learning. At the New-York Historical Society, arts education is a pillar of our educational mission. The...

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“Live Your American Dream”: Celebrating 200 New U.S. Citizens

Sunday, September 17 marked the 228th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution, a day commonly honored as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day—acknowledging the role not only of our founding document but also of the citizens who live by it. How special, then, that one day after this noteworthy anniversary, we welcomed more than...

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Women at the Center: Celebrating Our First Year at the Center for Women’s History

This year we opened the Center for Women’s History at the New-York Historical Society, the first institution of its kind within the walls of a major U.S. museum. Since then, we’ve been sharing the stories of formidable women whose courage, activism, and determination in the face of resistance inspire us all. It’s been a busy year! A...

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“You Can’t Be What You Can’t See”: Teaching Women’s History

Currently, only 13 percent of the historical figures in history textbooks are women. Why does this matter? As one teacher put it, in his response to our national survey: “You can’t be what you can’t see.” Girls and young women make up more than half of K-12 students and college undergraduates. If women are considered...

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Family, Legacy, and Citizenship: Celebrating Frederick Douglass at 200

If you’ve ever visited the New-York Historical Society, you’ve probably enjoyed saying hello to (or even taking a selfie with!) our Frederick Douglass statue outside our 77th Street entrance. While we’re thrilled to celebrate his work every day as he welcomes visitors to the Museum, we’re especially excited this year to celebrate his life and...

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Laying Tracks: Behind the Scenes of the  Jerni Collection Cataloging Project

We are building a research railroad! In 2017 the New-York Historical Society received a special grant to begin the enormous task of cataloging the Jerni Collection in an effort share its wonders with the greater public. These funds come from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Founded in 1996, IMLS serves as an...

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Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow: “It Is About What We Remember”

This fall, we opened a powerful new exhibition Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow, which explores the struggle for full citizenship and racial equality that unfolded in the 50 years after the Civil War, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Fourteenth Amendment. On September 7, to open the exhibition, we welcomed Dr. Brenda...

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Alexander Hamilton: New York City’s Financial Founding Father

Revolutionary War hero, treasury secretary, founder of the Bank of New York, architect of America’s financial system—Alexander Hamilton’s accomplishments are too numerous to list. In his lifetime of just 47 years, Hamilton helped secure America’s freedom and shaped the contours of the young republic in its earliest days. The Bank of New York (now BNY...

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Celebrating Pete Seeger: A Producer and Friend on How the Folk Legend’s Music Changed the World

The late, legendary Pete Seeger knew how to sing for a cause. Throughout his career, he performed, rallied, and wrote music for labor rights, civil rights, and the end of the Vietnam War. He was also deeply involved in the environmental movement, particularly when it came to the Hudson River. A longtime resident of Beacon,...

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The Bible, America’s First Book: ‘In God We Trust’ at New-York Historical

Most Christian and Jewish Americans, reading about Christ’s resurrection or the Jewish exodus from Egypt during the upcoming Easter and Passover holidays, will not consider the Bible to be an American book. And yet, the Bible was our first American book; its earliest printings, translations, and interpretations reflected the experiences of the first Europeans to...

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The Palisades in Peril: Meet the Forgotten Women Who Fought to Save the Great Cliffs of the Hudson River

The champion racing yacht Marietta set sail from Pier A in lower Manhattan on the chilly late morning of September 22, 1897. Mrs. Edith Gifford was aboard along with fellow members of the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs (NJSFWC) and their male allies from the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society (ASHPS). This...

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Pete Seeger at 100: How the Folk Legend Built a Sailboat to Help Revive the Hudson River

May 3, 2019, is an auspicious day in music history. It would’ve been the 100th birthday of Pete Seeger, the late, legendary singer-songwriter and one of the pioneers of American folk music. Seeger, who passed away in 2014 at the age of 94, had an incredible career that stretched from his early days in the 1940s...

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The Fascinating Story of the First American Bible, a Native American Language Translation from 1663

The first Bible to be printed in America was special for many reasons, but perhaps the most remarkable is this: It was translated into a language that most English colonists couldn’t read. A Geneva Bible, it was printed in Natick, an Algonquin language spoken by the Massachusett people who lived on the land surrounding the...

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The trials of spring / Fork Films presents ; producer, Beth Levison ; director, Gini Reticker ; a co-production of ZAG Line Pictures, LLC and Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; in association with Fork Films, Artemis Rising Foundation and Center For

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Junction 48 / a Metro Communications ... [and others] production ; screenplay, Oren Moverman & Tamer Nafar ; director, Udi Aloni

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Kedi / a Termite Films production, in association with PK Film ; directed by Ceyda Torun ; produced by Ceyda Torun, Charlie Wuppermann

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Frame by frame / a film by Alexandria Bombach, Mo Scarpelli ; a Red Reel & Rake Films production ; in association with CoPilot Pictures, Exposure Labs & Rampante ; a Time Inc. presentation ; directed by Alexandria Bombach, Mo Scarpelli ; producer

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