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11 produkter
John Harrison and the Quest for Longitude
Inbunden, 2023
181 kr
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John Harrison and the Quest for Longitude is a fascinating account of one man driven by the need to solve one of the greatest practical problems of his time.Following one of the most intriguing and fascinating stories linked to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the book centres onthe life and …
Harrison Decoded
Towards a Perfect Pendulum Clock
Av Rory McEvoy, Jonathan Betts
Häftad, 2023
563 kr
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Harrison Decoded: Towards a Perfect Pendulum Clock brings together the output of a forty-year collaborative research project that unpicked and put into practice the fine details of John Harrison's extraordinary pendulum clock system. Harrison predicted that his unique method of making pendulum …
Marine Chronometers at Greenwich
A Catalogue of Marine Chronometers at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
E-bok, 2018
1776 kr
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The Marine Chronometers at Greenwich is the fifth, and largest, of the distinguished series of catalogues of instruments in the collections of the National Maritime Museum. Housed at the Royal Observatory Greenwich -- the ''home of time'' and the Prime Meridian of the world -- this extraordinary …
Time Restored
The Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything
E-bok, 2006
623 kr
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This is the story of Rupert T. Gould (1890-1948), the polymath and horologist. A remarkable man, Lt Cmdr Gould made important contributions in an extraordinary range of subject areas throughout his relatively short and dramatically troubled life. From antique clocks to scientific mysteries, from …
Time Restored
The Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything
E-bok, 2011
623 kr
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This is the story of Rupert T. Gould (1890-1948), the polymath and horologist. A remarkable man, Lt Cmdr Gould made important contributions in an extraordinary range of subject areas throughout his relatively short and dramatically troubled life. From antique clocks to scientific mysteries, from …
Harrison Decoded
Towards a Perfect Pendulum Clock
Av Jonathan Betts, Rory McEvoy
E-bok, 2020
495 kr
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Harrison Decoded: Towards a Perfect Pendulum Clock brings together the output of a forty-year collaborative research project that unpicked and put into practice the fine details of John Harrison''s extraordinary pendulum clock system. Harrison predicted that his unique method of making pendulum …
General History of Horology
Av Jonathan Betts, James Nye m. fl.
E-bok, 2022
2512 kr
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A General History of Horology describes instruments used for the finding and measurement of time from Antiquity to the 21st century. In geographical scope it ranges from East Asia to the Americas. The instruments described are set in their technical and social contexts, and there is also discussion …
Time Restored
The Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything
Inbunden, 2006
1476 kr
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This is the story of Rupert T. Gould (1890-1948), the polymath and horologist. A remarkable man, Lt Cmdr Gould made important contributions in an extraordinary range of subject areas throughout his relatively short and dramatically troubled life. From antique clocks to scientific mysteries, from …
Harrison Decoded
Towards A Perfect Pendulum Clock
Av Rory McEvoy, Rory McEvoy m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1682 kr
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Brings together the output of a forty-year collaborative research project that unpicked and put into practice the fine details of John Harrison's extraordinary pendulum clock system. Harrison predicted that his unique method of making pendulum clocks could provide as much as one-hundred-times the …
A General History of Horology
Av Anthony Turner, James Nye m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2787 kr
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A General History of Horology describes instruments used for the finding and measurement of time from Antiquity to the 21st century. In geographical scope it ranges from East Asia to the Americas. The instruments described are set in their technical and social contexts, and there is also discussion …
Time Restored
The Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything
Häftad, 2011
730 kr
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This is the story of Rupert T. Gould (1890-1948), the polymath and horologist. A remarkable man, Lt Cmdr Gould made important contributions in an extraordinary range of subject areas throughout his relatively short and dramatically troubled life. From antique clocks to scientific mysteries, from …