A.N. Krylov: The Pioneer of Photographic Non-invasive Measurement Methods in Russian Science

The life of famous Russian Soviet naval architect and mathematician acad. A.N. Krylov occupies an especial place in history of Russian Navy. The brilliant scientist, one of the most significant naval artillery theorists, he was also very thorough experimentalist. His colossal archive appears as one of the most fully documented and systematized personal scientific libraries in Russia. However, there is the aspect of Krylov’s legacy that has weak presentation in actual modern literature. It is his interest to non-invasive measurement methods with usage of photographic techniques that were being part of everyday life in the beginning of twentieth century. In this paper detailed description of photographic ship pitching recording method developed by Krylov would be presented.