180.00€
Rare Imperial Russian Navy technical and military manual — four-part Mine Schools instructional set with the official Naval Ministry Order No. 84, 1887.
A historically important bound collection relating to the scientific, technical and military education of the Imperial Russian Navy during the late 19th century.
Published in St. Petersburg (С.-Петербургъ) in 1892–1893 by the Printing Office of the Ministry of the Navy at the Main Admiralty (Типографія Морскаго Министерства, въ Главномъ Адмиралтействѣ).
The volume brings together four instructional sections covering magnetism, electricity, galvanism, explosives, naval mines, torpedoes, launching apparatus and electric lighting, together with an important official Imperial naval supplement from 1887.
Part I — 1892
Магнетизмъ, электричество и гальванизмъ
Magnetism, Electricity and Galvanism
163 pages, followed by folding technical plates and diagrams.
Edited by Lieutenant E. Kraft.
Part II — 1893
Взрывчатые составы
Explosive Compounds
88 pages, followed by folding technical plates and diagrams.
Note: This part is without its title page.
Part III — 1893
Самодвижущіяся мины и выбрасывающіе аппараты
Self-propelled Mines (Torpedoes) and Launching Apparatus
112 pages, with folding technical plates and technical drawings.
Written by Lieutenant Commander Ilinsky.
Part IV — 1893
Электрическое освѣщеніе
Electric Lighting
107 pages, with folding technical plates and diagrams.
Edited by Lieutenant Kraft.
Bound at the end of Part IV:
Приказъ по Морскому Вѣдомству, № 84, 11 Іюня 1887 г.
Order of the Naval Ministry, No. 84, dated 11 June 1887.
160 pages, accompanied by numerous multi-folded tables, technical drawings and installation diagrams.
This official document, signed by General-Adjutant and Minister of the Navy I. Shestakov, contains regulations and technical provisions concerning naval mines and electrical equipment aboard warships.
Language: Russian, using pre-revolutionary Imperial Russian orthography
Place of publication: St. Petersburg, Russia
Dates: 1892–1893, with official supplement dated 1887
Format: Octavo
Dimensions: Approximately 23 × 15 cm
Binding: Contemporary half-leather binding with leather spine and corners, decorated with gilt and embossed elements and paper-covered boards
Illustrations: Numerous folding technical plates, diagrams, tables and engineering drawings
This substantial volume offers a fascinating insight into the technical and scientific training of the Imperial Russian Navy during a period of rapid technological development.
The instructional material covers several important areas of late-19th-century naval engineering, including:
Magnetism and electricity
Galvanism
Explosive compounds
Naval mines
Self-propelled mines / torpedoes
Torpedo launching apparatus
Electric lighting aboard ships
Technical installation and engineering practices
The additional 1887 Naval Ministry Order No. 84 provides an important official counterpart to the instructional material, documenting regulations and technical requirements concerning naval mines and electrical equipment.
Particularly noteworthy is the survival of the numerous folding technical plates, engineering drawings and tables, together with the contemporary half-leather binding.
The four instructional parts are bound together in sequence, followed by the 1887 official Naval Ministry order and its accompanying folding material.
Part II is without its title page, which should be noted as part of the condition and completeness description.
The volume retains numerous folding plates, diagrams and technical tables. Please examine the photographs carefully for the detailed condition of the binding, plates and pages.
An exceptional historical item for collectors and researchers interested in:
Imperial Russian history • Russian naval history • military technology • naval engineering • torpedo history • mine warfare • early electrical engineering • Russian technical literature • 19th-century military books
A substantial and highly interesting surviving example of Imperial Russian naval technical literature, documenting the intersection of military education, engineering and rapidly developing naval technology in the final decades of the Russian Empire.
