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Betts Jonathan |
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Time restored [[electronic resource] ] : the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything / / Jonathan Betts |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-960671-4 |
9786611160289 |
1-281-16028-8 |
0-19-152446-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (499 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Chronometers |
Nautical instruments |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-400) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Childhood 1890-1905 -- Navy training 1906-1913 -- The war, a breakdown, and marriage 1914-1920 -- John Harrison and the marine chronometer -- Research and the first restorations 1920-1922 -- The magnum opus 1921-1923 -- Horology : the obsession -- H2 is restored 1923-1925 -- The sette of odd volumes -- Separation 1925-1927 -- Oddities and enigmas 1928-1929 -- The case for the sea serpent 1930 -- The RAS regulator 1927-1929 -- H3 is completed 1929-1931 -- H1 the full restoration 1931-1933 -- The Loch Ness monster 1933-1934 -- The Harrison timekeepers and the NMM 1934-1935 -- Professor Stewart, the BBC, and tennis 1936 -- Many projects 1936-1937 -- Leaving downside, leaving London 1937-1939 -- Upper Hurdcott and the brains trust 1940-1945 -- Canterbury and a gold medal 1945-1948. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Biography of the polymath, Lt Cmdr Rupert T. Gould (1890-1948), the man who, in the 1920's, restored the great eighteenth century marine timekeepers by John Harrison to their former glory. With his |
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encyclopaedic knowledge, he studied and wrote on subjects as varied as scientific mysteries (e.g. The Loch Ness Monster) and horology (timekeeping). - ;This is the story of Rupert T. Gould (1890-1948), the polymath and horologist. A remarkable man, Lt Cmdr Gould made important contributions in an extraordinary range of subject areas throughout his relatively short and dramatically troubled life. From |
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