Howse, Derek, <br/><br/>
Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude / 
Derek Howse. 
 - xviii, 254 pages :  illustrations ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-234) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0192159488 9780192159489 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> £7.95 : CIP rev. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>79040052  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB79 GB80 GB7927389  bnb B7927389 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Royal Greenwich Observatory--History.<br/>Royal Greenwich Observatory--History.<br/>Royal Greenwich Observatory.<br/>Royal Greenwich Observatory.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Time--Systems and standards.<br/>Longitude.<br/>Longitude.<br/>Temps--Systèmes et normes.<br/>Longitude.<br/>Time--Systems and standards.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Time  Measurement  Role of Royal Greenwich Observatory, to 1978 Oxford University Press Howse, Derek meridien Greenwich longitude Marine Chronometer history Longitude  Measurement  Role of Royal Greenwich Observatory, to 1978 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.