Taylor, David Watson

David Watson Taylor graduated in 1885 from the Naval Academy, Annapolis MD, and was sent to Greenwich UK, where he received highest honours of the Royal College. He was in 1907 the recipient of the honorary D.Eng. degree, Stevens University,... 

Hovgaard, W. (1941). David Watson Taylor. Biographical memoir 22 134-153. P Taylor, D.W. (1893). Resistance of ships and screw propulsion. MacmUlan New York. Taylor, D.W. (1900). The US Experimental Model Basin. Trans. SNAME 8(1) 37-46. 

American naval architect David Watson Taylor designed and operated the first experimental model basin in the United States at the start of the twentieth century. His seminal work. The Speed and Pouter of Ships, first published in 1910, is still read. Taylor played a role in the use of bulbous bows on vessels of the navy. He also championed the use of airplanes that would be launched from naval craft underway in the ocean. 

American naval architect David Watson Taylor was a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy. He was meticulous in his work and developed procedures still in use in model basins. The Taylor Standard Series was a series of trials run with specific models. The results could be used to estimate the resistance of a ship effectively before it was buUt. 

David Watson Taylor studied the phenomenon of suction between two vessels moving close together in a narrow channel. He was called as an expert witness for the Olympic-Hawke trial in 1911. 

Hermans, Randy Herrera, Tom Jones, Kevin Kelleher, Russ Kiehl, Larry Kosta, Paul Massey, Scott McAllister, Jill Mead, Cary Paulin, Ed Pirino, Michele Quinn, Luis Ramirez, David Rasmusson, David Rasolt, George Rommal, Vince Ruscello, Joanne Sauvey, Christina Schlachter, Naresh Shahani, Renee Snell, Chris Taylor, Luc Vander Beken, Wes Waldo, Brian Watson, and Don Wood. 

Frank H. Allen, Olga Kennard, David G. Watson, Lee Brammer, A. Guy Orpen, and Robin Taylor,7. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. //, SI—S19,1987. 

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