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049 _aHRSA
055 0 3 _aQB223
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083 0 _aTime. Measurement. Role of Royal Greenwich Observatory, to 1978
100 1 _aHowse, Derek,
_eauthor.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85132780
_97439
245 1 0 _aGreenwich time and the discovery of the longitude /
_cDerek Howse.
264 1 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c1980.
300 _axviii, 254 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm
336 _astill image
_bsti
_2rdacontent
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 232-234) and index.
505 0 _aSeeking 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.
520 _aTraces 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.
562 _331560000038121
_b5326
590 _aSignificance and History of Greenwich Mean Time. Original edition. Bibliography, index
610 2 0 _aRoyal Greenwich Observatory
_xHistory.
610 2 1 _aRoyal Greenwich Observatory
_xHistory.
610 2 6 _aRoyal Greenwich Observatory.
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610 2 7 _aRoyal Greenwich Observatory.
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650 0 _aTime
_xSystems and standards.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135397
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650 0 _aLongitude.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078294
_96816
650 6 _aLongitude.
_96816
650 6 _aTemps
_xSystèmes et normes.
650 7 _aLongitude.
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_0(OCoLC)fst01002403
_96816
650 7 _aTime
_xSystems and standards.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01151078
_93826
653 _aTime
_aMeasurement
_aRole of Royal Greenwich Observatory, to 1978
653 2 _aOxford University Press
653 1 _aHowse, Derek
653 0 _ameridien Greenwich longitude
653 0 _aMarine Chronometer
653 0 _ahistory
653 _aLongitude
_aMeasurement
_aRole of Royal Greenwich Observatory, to 1978
655 7 _aHistory.
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