The excitement of time : John Harrison, the Royal Society and time measurement / by John C. Taylor ... and Arnold Wolfendale ...
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TextPublisher: Santon : Fromanteel, [2006]Description: 88 pages : illustrations ; 32 cmContent type: - still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780954833930
- 0954833937
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Monograph (and 2006 exhibition catalog) on the Contributions of John Harrison and of the Royal Society (London) to Timekeeping, and on Harrisons membership in the Royal Society. Includes a general history of precision timekeeping up to the present and a detailed discussion of temperature bimetallic compensation and of the grashopper escapement. Richly illustrated in color. Index, glossary, biblio
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