The excitement of time : John Harrison, the Royal Society and time measurement / by John C. Taylor ... and Arnold Wolfendale ...

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Santon : Fromanteel, [2006]Description: 88 pages : illustrations ; 32 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780954833930
  • 0954833937
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room NK7481.5.G7 T39 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000061826

Includes bibliographical references.

31560000061826 10583

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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