MOC Science and Knowledge
How humanity understood and mapped the world — the knowledge that made navigation, war, and empire possible.
Subdomains
- Navigation_Astronomy_Index — longitude problem, celestial navigation, sextant, chronometer, star charts
- Cartography_Index — mapmaking, sea charts, hydrography, surveying, the evolution of accuracy
- Engineering_Innovation_Index — industrial revolution, shipyard technology, steam experiments, civil works
- Natural_Philosophy_Index — Enlightenment science, Royal Society, natural history, physics, chemistry
- Education_Training_Index — naval academies, officer training, seamanship education, apprenticeship
Key Notes
- Crewkerne Grammar School — first filled education-training note; Hardy’s schooling only
- Royal Grammar School Newcastle — Collingwood schooling only
- Channel Buoys — Copenhagen 2 April 1801 — first filled cartography note; grounding and buoys only
- Horse-Powered Boring Mill — 32-Pounder Barrels — first filled engineering-innovation note; mill only
- Irving Wet-Mop Still — Phipps Arctic 1773 — Dr Irving’s shipboard freshwater still only; overflow