Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude / (Record no. 1197)

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Terms of availability £7.95 : CIP rev.
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Classification number QB223
Item number H75
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Classification number Time. Measurement. Role of Royal Greenwich Observatory, to 1978
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Personal name Howse, Derek,
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245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Derek Howse.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Oxford ;
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Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 1980.
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Extent xviii, 254 pages :
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Formatted contents note 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.
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Summary, etc. 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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Local note Significance and History of Greenwich Mean Time. Original edition. Bibliography, index
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Royal Greenwich Observatory
General subdivision History.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Royal Greenwich Observatory
General subdivision History.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Royal Greenwich Observatory.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Time
General subdivision Systems and standards.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Longitude.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Longitude.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Longitude.
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Uncontrolled term meridien Greenwich longitude
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Uncontrolled term Longitude
-- Measurement
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    Library of Congress Classification     Jost Bürgi Library Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room 07/24/2024 Mueller-Maerki   QB223 .H75 1980 31560000038121 07/24/2024 07/24/2024 Books