Time restored : the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything /
Betts, Jonathan,
Time restored : the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything / Jonathan Betts. - [1st edition]. - xvi, 464 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-400) and index.
Childhood 1890-1905 -- Navy training 1906-1913 -- The war, a breakdown, and marriage 1914-1920 -- John Harrison and the marine chronometer -- Research and the first restorations 1920-1922 -- The magnum opus 1921-1923 -- Horology : the obsession -- H2 is restored 1923-1925 -- The sette of odd volumes -- Separation 1925-1927 -- Oddities and enigmas 1928-1929 -- The case for the sea serpent 1930 -- The RAS regulator 1927-1929 -- H3 is completed 1929-1931 -- H1 the full restoration 1931-1933 -- The Loch Ness monster 1933-1934 -- The Harrison timekeepers and the NMM 1934-1935 -- Professor Stewart, the BBC, and tennis 1936 -- Many projects 1936-1937 -- Leaving downside, leaving London 1937-1939 -- Upper Hurdcott and the brains trust 1940-1945 -- Canterbury and a gold medal 1945-1948.
Biography of Rupert T. Gould, who during the 1920s and 1930s restored the timekeepers constructed by John Harrison (1693-1776).
0198568029 9780198568025
9780198568025
2006000426
Gould, R. T. 1890-1948.
Gould, R. T. 1890-1948
Chronometers.
Nautical instruments.
Chronometers.
Nautical instruments.
Marine Chronometer United Kingdom Biography Restore
Biographies.
Time restored : the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything / Jonathan Betts. - [1st edition]. - xvi, 464 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-400) and index.
Childhood 1890-1905 -- Navy training 1906-1913 -- The war, a breakdown, and marriage 1914-1920 -- John Harrison and the marine chronometer -- Research and the first restorations 1920-1922 -- The magnum opus 1921-1923 -- Horology : the obsession -- H2 is restored 1923-1925 -- The sette of odd volumes -- Separation 1925-1927 -- Oddities and enigmas 1928-1929 -- The case for the sea serpent 1930 -- The RAS regulator 1927-1929 -- H3 is completed 1929-1931 -- H1 the full restoration 1931-1933 -- The Loch Ness monster 1933-1934 -- The Harrison timekeepers and the NMM 1934-1935 -- Professor Stewart, the BBC, and tennis 1936 -- Many projects 1936-1937 -- Leaving downside, leaving London 1937-1939 -- Upper Hurdcott and the brains trust 1940-1945 -- Canterbury and a gold medal 1945-1948.
Biography of Rupert T. Gould, who during the 1920s and 1930s restored the timekeepers constructed by John Harrison (1693-1776).
0198568029 9780198568025
9780198568025
2006000426
Gould, R. T. 1890-1948.
Gould, R. T. 1890-1948
Chronometers.
Nautical instruments.
Chronometers.
Nautical instruments.
Marine Chronometer United Kingdom Biography Restore
Biographies.