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035			_a(OCoLC)34878901
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dBAKER _dNLGGC _dBTCTA _dLVB _dYAM _dYDXCP _dOCLCG _dOCLCQ _dSINLB _dGEBAY _dEUM _dGBVCP _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dOCLCQ _dUKMGB _dDEBBG _dOCL _dEUW _dOCLCQ _dDHA _dOCLCQ _dOCLCO _dOCLCQ _dTYC _dGILDS _dOCLCO _dCPS _dOCLCO _dNTG _dOCLCA _dOCLCQ _dOCLCA _dIL4J6 _dOCLCO _dOCLCA _dOCLCO _dJQF _dNYHRS
049			_aHRSA
111	2		_aLongitude Symposium _d(1993 : _cHarvard University) _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96051719 _96924
245	1	4	_aThe quest for longitude : _bthe proceedings of the Longitude Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 4-6, 1993 / _cedited by William J.H. Andrewes.
264		1	_aCambridge, Mass. : _bCollection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University, _c[1996]
264		4	_c©1996
300			_a437 pages : _billustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; _c29 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
336			_acartographic image _bcri _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"The Longitude Symposium was organized under the auspices of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments in connection with the Fourteenth Annual Seminar of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors."
500			_aWorld maps on endpapers.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 406-421) and index.
505	0		_aOpening address at the Longitude Symposium / Jeremy R. Knowles -- La Salle : when ignorance was death / Alistair Cooke -- Finding the point at sea / David S. Landes -- Mathematics / Bruce Chandler -- Navigation / W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns -- Cartography / Norman J.W. Thrower -- History of science / Michael S. Mahoney -- The longitude problem : the navigator's story / Alan Stimson -- Longitude and the satellites of Jupiter / Albert Van Helden -- The longitude timekeepers of Christiaan Huygens / J.H. Leopold -- In the wake of the act, but mainly before / A.J. Turner -- Cranks and opportunists : "nutty" solutions to the longitude problem / Owen Gingerich -- The lunar-distance method of measuring longitude / Derek Howe -- 'John Harrison, clockmaker at Barrow; near Barton upon Humber; Lincolnshire' : the wooden clocks, 1713-1730 / Andrew L. King -- Even Newton could be wrong : the story of Harrison's first three sea clocks / William J.H. Andrewes -- The timekeeper that won the longitude prize / Anthony G. Randall -- The scandalous neglect of Harrison's regulator science / Martin Burgess -- Ferdinand Berthoud and Pierre Le Roy : judgment in the twentieth century of a quarrel dating from the eighteenth century / Catherine Cardinal -- Thomas Mudge and the longitude : a reason to excel / David Penny -- Arnold and Earnshaw : the practicable solution / Jonathan Betts -- Lecture introduction : James Arthur : pioneer collector and benefactor / Robert C. Cheney -- Watch-making in the twenty-first century : the renaissance of the mechanic / George Daniels.
520	0		_aThe Quest for Longitude is a book for students and for teachers, for collectors and for scholars, and for the thousands of people who, having enjoyed Sobel's Longitude, desire a well-illustrated reference that describes in detail the many fascinating devices and the intriguing characters who, by solving the ancient problem of finding longitude at sea, changed the world forever. 250 illustrations, 120 in color.
562			_331560000047569 _b367
590			_aProceedings of Longitude /John Harrision Symposium/Nawcc Seminar 1991, profusely illustrated
600	1	0	_aHarrison, John, _d1693-1776 _vCongresses.
600	1	6	_aHarrison, John, _d1693-1776 _vCongrès.
600	1	7	_aHarrison, John, _d1693-1776 _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00153680 _94545
650		0	_aLongitude _xMeasurement _xHistory _vCongresses.
650		0	_aHorology _xHistory _vCongresses.
650		2	_aGeography _xhistory _0(DNLM)D005843Q000266
650		7	_aHorology. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00960359 _96387
650		7	_aLongitude _xMeasurement. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01002406
653		0	_aGeschichte _a1500-1790
653		5	_aUnited Kingdom
653		3	_aHarrision longitude symposium
653		2	_aNavigation
653		0	_aMarine Chronometer
653		0	_aHistory
655		4	_aKongreß _zCambridge (Mass.) _y1993.
655		7	_aConference papers and proceedings. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01423772
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft
655		7	_aConference papers and proceedings. _2lcgft
700	1		_aAndrewes, William J. H., _d1950- _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96051709 _95341
710	2		_aHarvard University. _bCollection of Historical Scientific Instruments. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91089739 _97543
710	2		_aNational Association of Watch and Clock Collectors. _bSeminar _n(14th : _d1993 : _cCambridge, Mass.)
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994			_aC0 _bNYHRS
999			_c2097 _d2097