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020 _a0954833937
035 _a(OCoLC)1357527800
040 _aNYHRS
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_erda
_cNYHRS
_dNYHRS
049 _aHRSA
100 1 _aTaylor, John C.,
_eauthor.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89602933
_95246
245 1 4 _aThe excitement of time :
_bJohn Harrison, the Royal Society and time measurement /
_cby John C. Taylor ... and Arnold Wolfendale ...
264 1 _aSanton :
_bFromanteel,
_c[2006]
300 _a88 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c32 cm
336 _astill image
_bsti
_2rdacontent
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
562 _331560000061826
_b10583
590 _aMonograph (and 2006 exhibition catalog) on the Contributions of John Harrison and of the Royal Society (London) to Timekeeping, and on Harrisons membership in the Royal Society. Includes a general history of precision timekeeping up to the present and a detailed discussion of temperature bimetallic compensation and of the grashopper escapement. Richly illustrated in color. Index, glossary, biblio
600 1 0 _aHarrison, John,
_d1693-1776
_vExhibitions.
610 2 0 _aRoyal Society (Great Britain)
_vExhibitions.
650 0 _aTime measurements
_xHistory
_vExhibitions.
653 0 _acatalog UK-London temp-compensation
653 2 _aFromanteel Ltd
653 1 _aTaylor, John C.
653 0 _aTimekeeper (general)
653 0 _agrashopper escapement bimettalic John Harrison
700 1 _aWolfendale, A. W.,
_eauthor.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81022886
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