Naval Intelligence Department

Naval strategy required choices, since, even with a two-power standard, the Royal Navy could not match every other navy in all the seven seas. The distribution of the fleet in 1904 was still based on principles dating from before the invention of the electric telegraph and the introduction of steamships. These technical developments meant that fewer warships need be kept on foreign stations as reinforcements could be speedily summoned from home waters. In November 1904 the Naval Intelligence Department recommended a home fleet of twelve... 

Ruth M. Doherty received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Maryland. She is currently technical advisor for the Energetic Materials Research and Technology Department, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, Maryland. Since 1983, she has coauthored about 60 publications on physical chemistry. In the past 6 years. Dr. Doherty has given 20 presentations on various aspects of the science and technology of explosives. In 1998 and 1999, she delivered a series of lectures on explosives technology for members of the Office of Naval Intelligence. For more than 15 years, she has been involved in research and development of energetics materials and explosives at the Naval Surface Warfare Center. 

The motto found in the front of this book was coined by Pat Moran, currently Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy and the Ph.D. advisor of two of the authors (RGK, JRS). It includes the key elements in electrochemical testing that will be emphasized throughout this book. In order to conduct tests intelligently, one needs to perform the tests in a relevant environment, on a relevant material surface, under relevant experimental conditions. Although this advice sounds obvious, there is always a tension between the proper choices for experimental parameters for accurate simulations and the proper choices for experimental convenience. Such tradeoffs must be carefully... 

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