The illustrated longitude / Dava Sobel and William J.H. Andrewes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Walker, 2003, c1995.Edition: 1st pbk. edDescription: 216 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0802775934 : PAP
  • 9780802775931
Uniform titles:
  • Longitude
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 526/.62/09 21
LOC classification:
  • QB225 .S63 2003
Summary: Describes the forty-year effort of John Harrison to invent the chronometer, the first instrument able to keep accurate time for navigational purposes.
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Originally published under title: Longitude. 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 214) and index.

Describes the forty-year effort of John Harrison to invent the chronometer, the first instrument able to keep accurate time for navigational purposes.

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