Harrison / Jonathan Betts.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : National Maritime Museum, 2007Edition: New, enlarged and revised editionDescription: 96 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map, portraits (chiefly color) ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780948065811
  • 0948065818
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "With more than sixty illustrations, including annotated diagrams of the workings of the clocks, this book provides insights into Harrison's life and his achievements, as well as a look at Rupert Gould, the man who restored Harrison's timekeepers in the inter-war years"--Jacket.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room TS544.8.H37 B48 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000039376

Previous edition: 1993.

At foot of title: Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

Includes bibliographical references (page 96).

"With more than sixty illustrations, including annotated diagrams of the workings of the clocks, this book provides insights into Harrison's life and his achievements, as well as a look at Rupert Gould, the man who restored Harrison's timekeepers in the inter-war years"--Jacket.

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Popular catalog of the Harrison marine timekeepers and biography of John Harrison. Richly illustrated

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