LEADER 03432nam 22006854a 450 001 9910465147403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-960671-4 010 $a9786611160289 010 $a1-281-16028-8 010 $a0-19-152446-8 035 $a(CKB)2560000000298315 035 $a(EBL)430671 035 $a(OCoLC)252689487 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001149829 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12376868 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001149829 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11173500 035 $a(PQKB)10338178 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000259482 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11193383 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259482 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10292489 035 $a(PQKB)10538123 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072290 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430671 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430671 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10194203 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL116028 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000298315 100 $a20060106d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTime restored$b[electronic resource] $ethe Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything /$fJonathan Betts 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (499 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-856802-9 311 $a0-19-171814-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [361]-400) and index. 327 $aChildhood 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. 330 $aBiography 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 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 606 $aChronometers 606 $aNautical instruments 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChronometers. 615 0$aNautical instruments. 676 $a681.1/18092 676 $aB 700 $aBetts$b Jonathan$0944839 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465147403321 996 $aTime restored$92133136 997 $aUNINA