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083 | 0 | _aTime. Measurement. Role of Royal Greenwich Observatory, to 1978 | |
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_aHowse, Derek, _eauthor. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85132780 _97439 |
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_aGreenwich time and the discovery of the longitude / _cDerek Howse. |
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_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c1980. |
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_axviii, 254 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm |
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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. | ||
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590 | _aSignificance and History of Greenwich Mean Time. Original edition. Bibliography, index | ||
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