Author: John HarrisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Proposal for examining Mr. Harrison's Time-keeper at Sea
Author: John HarrisonJohn Harrison
Author: Humphrey QuillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carpenters
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The Theory and Practise of Finding the Longitude at Sea Or Land. To which are Added Various Methods of Determining the Latitude of a Place and Variation of the Compass, with New Tables
Author: Andrew MackayBritish Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: The Quest for Longitude
Author: William J. H. AndrewesPublisher: Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
The Quest for Longitude is a book for students and for teachers, for collectors and for scholars, and for the thousands of people who, having enjoyed Sobel's Longitude, desire a well-illustrated reference that describes in detail the many fascinating devices and the intriguing characters who, by solving the ancient problem of finding longitude at sea, changed the world forever. 250 illustrations, 120 in color.
The Theory and Practice of Finding the Longitude at Sea Or Land
Author: Andrew MackayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latitude
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The Theory and Practice of Finding the Longitude at Sea Or Land: to Whic are Added, Various Methods of Determining the Latitude of a Place ... by Andrew Mackay, ... in Two Volumes
Author: Journals of the House of Commons
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
Journals of the House of Commons
Author: Great Britain House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
Book Description
Longitude
Author: Dava SobelPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802779433
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
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 in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives and the increasing fortunes of nations hung on a resolution. One man, John Harrison, in complete opposition to the scientific community, dared to imagine a mechanical solution-a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had ever been able to do on land. Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking, and opens a new window on our world.