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020			_a9780007559367 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0007559364 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)885304889
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049			_aHRSA
100	1		_aSobel, Dava, _eauthor. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84010041 _95937
245	1	0	_aLongitude : _bthe true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time / _cDava Sobel ; with an introduction by Neil Armstrong.
250			_aSpecial anniversary edition.
264		1	_aLondon : _bFourth Estate, _c2014.
300			_axviii, 183 pages : _billustrations ; _c19 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aOriginally published: U.S.: Walker, 1995.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index.
520			_aIn the tercentenary year of the Longitude Act, Fourth Estate present an anniversary edition of Dana Sobel's bestselling history of an epic scientific quest and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With an introduction by Neil Armstrong. Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution. The quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in 1714, Parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom (GBP20,000) to anyone whose method or device proved successful. Countless quacks weighed in with preposterous suggestions. The scientific establishment throughout Europe - from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution. Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, 'Longitude' is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.
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590			_aRepublished on the tricentenial of the Longitude Act of 1714
600	1	0	_aHarrison, John, _d1693-1776. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85089507 _94545
600	1	7	_aHarrison, John, _d1693-1776. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00153680 _94545
650		0	_aClock and watch makers _zEngland _vBiography.
650		0	_aAstronomical clocks _zEngland _xHistory.
650		0	_aHorology. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062073 _96387
650		0	_aAstronomical instruments _xHistory.
650		0	_aLongitude _xResearch _xHistory.
650		7	_aAstronomical clocks. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00819637 _97773
650		7	_aAstronomical instruments. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00819641 _94912
650		7	_aClock and watch makers. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00864502 _94859
650		7	_aHorology. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00960359 _96387
651		7	_aEngland. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01219920
653		0	_aChronometers _aHistory
653		5	_aUnited Kingdom
653		3	_aHarrison longitude
653		2	_aBiography
653		0	_aNavigation
653		0	_aMarine Chronometer
653		0	_aClock and watch makers _aBiography _aGreat Britain
653		0	_aLongitude _aMeasurement _aHistory
655		4	_aBiography.
655		7	_aBiographies. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01919896
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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