SPRI library catalogue
View a record
Please note: You are viewing the legacy database of the Scott Polar Research Institute Library catalogue. It is no longer being updated, so does not reliably reflect our current library holdings.
Please search for material in iDiscover for up-to-date information about the library collection.
Record #114766:
Form and function of the baidarka: the framework of design / George B. Dyson.
Title: | Form and function of the baidarka: the framework of design / George B. Dyson. |
Author(s): | Dyson, George B. |
Date: | 1991. |
Publisher: | Hull, Quebec: Canadian Museum of Civilization |
In: | Canadian Museum of Civilization. Mercury Series. Ethnology Service. Paper. (1991.), Vol. 122 (1991) |
Abstract: | Uses hydrodynamic laws of similitude to compare baidarkas with other vessels whose performance has been more thoroughly studied through empirical and analytic means. Suggests that Aleut baidarka may have incorporated several unprecedented advances in design. |
Notes: | Canadian Museum of Civilization. Mercury Series. Ethnology Service. Paper. Vol. 122 :259-317 (1991). |
Keywords: | 629.125.134 -- Kayaks and umiaks. 39 -- Ethnography: Aleuts. L -- Communication and transportation. (*49) -- Alaska. (*495.2) -- Aleutian Islands. |
SPRI record no.: | 114766 |
LDR 01165naa#a2200000#a#4500 001 SPRI-114766 005 20240328135932.0 007 ta 008 240328s1991####quca##|##|###|0||#0|eng#d 035 ## ‡aSPRI-114766 040 ## ‡aUkCU-P‡beng‡eaacr 100 1# ‡aDyson, George B. 245 10 ‡aForm and function of the baidarka :‡bthe framework of design /‡cGeorge B. Dyson. 260 ## ‡aHull, Quebec :‡bCanadian Museum of Civilization,‡c1991. 300 ## ‡ap. 259-317 :‡bill. 500 ## ‡aCanadian Museum of Civilization. Mercury Series. Ethnology Service. Paper. Vol. 122 :259-317 (1991). 520 3# ‡aUses hydrodynamic laws of similitude to compare baidarkas with other vessels whose performance has been more thoroughly studied through empirical and analytic means. Suggests that Aleut baidarka may have incorporated several unprecedented advances in design. 650 07 ‡a629.125.134 -- Kayaks and umiaks.‡2udc 650 07 ‡a39 -- Ethnography: Aleuts.‡2udc 650 07 ‡aL -- Communication and transportation.‡2local 651 #7 ‡a(*49) -- Alaska.‡2udc 651 #7 ‡a(*495.2) -- Aleutian Islands.‡2udc 773 0# ‡7nnas ‡tCanadian Museum of Civilization. Mercury Series. Ethnology Service. Paper. ‡gVol. 122 (1991) ‡wSPRI-84036 917 ## ‡aUnenhanced record from Muscat, imported 2019 948 3# ‡a20240328