Time restored [[electronic resource] ] : the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything / / Jonathan Betts

• Autore: Betts Jonathan
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (499 p.)
• Disciplina: 681.1/18092; B
• Soggetto topico: Chronometers; Nautical instruments
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-400) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Time restored
• ISBN: 0-19-162084-X; 0-19-960671-4; 9786611160289; 1-281-16028-8; 0-19-152446-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792247603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II