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| Autore principale: | Betts, Jonathan.
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| Titolo: | Time restored : the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything / Jonathan Betts. |
| Pubblicazione: | Oxford : Oxford university press, 2006. |
| Descrizione fisica: | XVI, 464 p., [16] p. di tav. : ill., ritr. ; 23 cm |
| Contiene: | Indice: Preface and acknowledgements. Introduction: Rupert T. Gould. 1. Chilhood (1890-1905) 2. Navy training (1906-1913) 3. The war, abreakdown and marriage (1914-1920) 4. John Harrison and the marine chronometer 5. Research and the first restorations (1920-1922) 6. The magnum opus (1921-1923) 7. Horology: the obsession 8. H2 is restored (1923-1925) 9. The sette of odd volumes 10. Separation (1925-1927) 11. Oddities and enigmas (1928-1929) 12. The case for the sea serpent (1930) 13. The RAS regulator (1927-1929) 14. H3 is completed (1929-1931) 15. H1 the full restoration (1931-1933) 16. The Loch Ness monster (1933-1934) 17. The Harrison timekeepers and the NMM (1934-1935) 18. Professor Stewart, the BBC, and tennis (1936) 19. Many projects (1936-1937) 20. Leaving downside, leaving London (1937-1939) 21. Upper Hurdcott and the brains trust (1940-1945) 22. Canterbury and a gold metal (1945-1948). References and notes. Appendix 1: Gould bibliography. Appendix 2: Recommended reading. Appendix 3: Summary of contents of the Harrison notebooks and the later work. Appendix 4: Summary and comment on Oddities and Enigmas. Appendix 5: The affair of the Queen's watch. Appendix 6: Glossary of horological terms. Index |
| ISBN: | 0198568029 |
| Discipline: | Cronologia e Misurazione del tempo--Persone. Cronologia e Misurazione del tempo--Strumenti. |
| Persone: | Gould, Rupert Thomas, 1890-1948. Harrison, John, 1693-1776. |
| Keyword: | Strumenti--Misurazione del tempo. |
| Sudd. cronologiche: | Secolo XX. |
| Collocazione: | LS 15766 |
| Nota di esemplare: | Mostra nota di esemplare |
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