Greenwich Time The Discovery Of The Longitude
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Greenwich Time And The Discovery Of The Longitude
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Author : Derek Howse
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1980
Greenwich Time And The Discovery Of The Longitude written by Derek Howse and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Science categories.
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.
Greenwich Time The Discovery Of The Longitude
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Author : D. Howse
language : it
Publisher:
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Greenwich Time The Discovery Of The Longitude written by D. Howse and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Greenwich Time And The Longitude Official Millennium Edition
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Author : Derek Howse
language : en
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers
Release Date : 1997
Greenwich Time And The Longitude Official Millennium Edition written by Derek Howse and has been published by Philip Wilson Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Science categories.
The history of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich has been revised to coincide with the Millenium. Color illustrations and updated text tell the story of Greenwich from its foundations in 1676 to its present status as Longitude 0°, the world's Prime Meridian for measuring longitude and time. The book covers the importance of longitude for navigation and traces the history of Greenwich Time, the basis of universal time-keeping. The book is co-published with the National Maritime Museum, where Derek Howse was the former Head of Navigation and Astronomy.
Greenwich Time And Longitude
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Author : Derek Howse
language : en
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers, Limited
Release Date : 1997-11
Greenwich Time And Longitude written by Derek Howse and has been published by Philip Wilson Publishers, Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-11 with categories.
Discovery Of Longitude The
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Author : Joan Marie Galat
language : en
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Release Date : 2012-09-14
Discovery Of Longitude The written by Joan Marie Galat and has been published by Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-14 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Scientific discovery changes the world! Discover the fascinating story behind one of the most important changes to nautical navigation in this nonfiction book for young readers. More than 300 years ago, explorers wandered the seas using unreliable maps. What they needed to know was the longitude of their locations, but for that they needed accurate time keeping. Unfortunately, no accurate source of time measurement at sea existed. In 1714 the British government decided to offer a reward to anyone who could solve the problem. Learned men and great thinkers alike tried unsuccessfully to work out a solution. They declared it unsolvable! Carpenter John Harrison was intrigued; he thought he might have a solution. He worked for years to design a clock that functioned accurately at sea, even though no one believed he could do it. Even after his timepiece was demonstrated effective at sea, he was still not acknowledged for his ingenious solution. It took many years and intervention by the king to grant Harrison the recognition and reward he deserved for solving the problem of how to accurately track longitude and for winning the British government prize. The book offers a detailed map of the world at that time and includes the advancements in the use of longitude since then.
Longitude
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Author : Dava Sobel
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2011-04-28
Longitude written by Dava Sobel and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-28 with History categories.
The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a Foreword by Neil Armstrong.
On The Line
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Author : Graham Dolan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
On The Line written by Graham Dolan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Science categories.
An invaluable resource for those interested in the history of the celebrated Prime Meridian, this book is packed with information on the different ways in which 0° longitude has been marked across the world. It explains the origins of longitude and what the ability to determine it has meant for navigation.
Sky And Ocean Joined
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Author : Steven J. Dick
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003
Sky And Ocean Joined written by Steven J. Dick and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
As one of the oldest scientific institutions in the United States, the US Naval Observatory has a rich and colourful history. This volume is, first and foremost, a story of the relations between space, time and navigation, from the rise of the chronometer in the United States to the Global Positioning System of satellites, for which the Naval Observatory provides the time to a billionth of a second per day. It is a story of the history of technology, in the form of telescopes, lenses, detectors, calculators, clocks and computers over 170 years. It describes how one scientific institution under government and military patronage has contributed, through all the vagaries of history, to almost two centuries of unparalleled progress in astronomy. Sky and Ocean Joined will appeal to historians of science, technology, scientific institutions and American science, as well as astronomers, meteorologists and physicists.
Greenwich Time And The Longitude
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Author : Derek Howse
language : en
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers
Release Date : 1997
Greenwich Time And The Longitude written by Derek Howse and has been published by Philip Wilson Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Science categories.
The Quest For Longitude
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Author : William J. H. Andrewes
language : en
Publisher: Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
Release Date : 1996
The Quest For Longitude written by William J. H. Andrewes and has been published by Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The 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.