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020			_a0192159488
020			_a9780192159489
035			_a(OCoLC)5352913
037			_c£7.95 : CIP rev.
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055	0	3	_aQB223 _bH75
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 _bnc _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. _94430
610	2	7	_aRoyal Greenwich Observatory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00515034 _94430
650		0	_aTime _xSystems and standards. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135397 _93826
650		0	_aLongitude. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078294 _96816
650		6	_aLongitude. _96816
650		6	_aTemps _xSystèmes et normes.
650		7	_aLongitude. _2fast _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. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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