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Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude
- Title
- Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude / Derek Howse.
- Author
- Howse, Derek.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1980.
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 254 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- Traces 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.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [232]-246.
- Contents
- Seeking 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.
- ISBN
- 0192159488
- 9780192159489
- LCCN
- 79040052
- OCLC
- ocm05352913
- 5352913
- SCSB-19564
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library