Book ID: CBB000070345

Longitude: The true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time (1995)

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Sobel, Dava (Author)


Walker


Publication Date: 1995
Physical Details: viii + 184 pp.; bibl.; index

Description On John Harrison.


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Review Hide, R. (1996(Oct. 11)) Review of "Longitude: The true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time". TLS: Times Literary Supplement (p. 34). unapi

Review Segala, M. (1997) Review of "Longitude: The true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time". Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza (pp. 191-93). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Betts, Jonathan
Barrett, Katy
Rory McEvoy
Silver, Sean
Wolfendale, A. W.
Turner, Anthony J.
Concepts
Time measuring instruments
Longitude and latitude
Clocks and Watches
Navigation
Cultural history
Collections
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
Europe
Institutions
Great Britain. Board of Longitude
Royal Society of London
Royal Observatory Greenwich
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