The excitement of time : John Harrison, the Royal Society and time measurement / by John C. Taylor ... and Arnold Wolfendale ...
Material type: TextPublisher: Santon : Fromanteel, [2006]Description: 88 pages : illustrations ; 32 cmContent type:- still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780954833930
- 0954833937
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room | NK7481.5.G7 T39 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31560000061826 |
Includes bibliographical references.
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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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