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The illustrated longitude
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Dava Sobel,William J. H. Andrewes |
An illustrated version of Dava Sobel's story about how John Harrison invented a clock that kept accurate time at sea, thereby creating a way to measure the longitude of ships. |
OL19810215W |
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Longitude
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Dava Sobel |
The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem."
Anyone alive … |
OL265465W |
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The Ship's Chronometer
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Marvin E. Whitney |
This book is a comprehensive treatise on ships chronometers. There are 499 pages of scholarly research, profusely illustrated with photos, charts and original, easy-to-understand drawings. A must for… |
OL4325115W |
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The marine chronometer
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Rupert Thomas Gould |
This book describes a history of clocks and watches, with emphasis on their use at sea for determining longitude.
It traces the technical development in time-keeping instruments from Sun-dials and s… |
OL4527468W |