Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude / Derek Howse.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1980Description: xviii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0192159488
  • 9780192159489
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Seeking the longitude: 300 BC -- AD 1675 -- Greenwich time for astronomers: 1675-1720 -- Greenwich time for navigators: 1700-1840 -- Greenwich time for Great Britain: 1825-1880 -- A prime meridian 1790-1884 -- Greenwich time for the world: 1884-1939 -- A clock more accurate than the earth -- Appendices: I. Finding the longitude -- II. Time-finding by astronomy -- III. Mechanical and electrical clocks by Roger Stevenson -- IV. Modern precision clocks by John Pilkington -- V. Time-balls in operation, 1861 -- VI. International Meridian Conference, Washington, 1884.
Summary: Traces the astronomical, navigational, and timekeeping advances that led to the development of Greenwich time, the concept of longitude, and the designation of Greenwich as the prime meridian.
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room QB223 .H75 1980 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000038121

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-234) and index.

Seeking the longitude: 300 BC -- AD 1675 -- Greenwich time for astronomers: 1675-1720 -- Greenwich time for navigators: 1700-1840 -- Greenwich time for Great Britain: 1825-1880 -- A prime meridian 1790-1884 -- Greenwich time for the world: 1884-1939 -- A clock more accurate than the earth -- Appendices: I. Finding the longitude -- II. Time-finding by astronomy -- III. Mechanical and electrical clocks by Roger Stevenson -- IV. Modern precision clocks by John Pilkington -- V. Time-balls in operation, 1861 -- VI. International Meridian Conference, Washington, 1884.

Traces the astronomical, navigational, and timekeeping advances that led to the development of Greenwich time, the concept of longitude, and the designation of Greenwich as the prime meridian.

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Significance and History of Greenwich Mean Time. Original edition. Bibliography, index

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