Longitude / Dava Sobel
By: Sobel, Dava.
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TextPublisher: London : Fourth Estate Ltd, 1998Edition: New edition.Description: 184 p.ISBN: 1857025717 ; 9781857025712 .Subject(s): Longitude Measurement History | Harrison, John, 1693-1776 | Harrison, John, 1693-1776DDC classification: 526.6209 S677L 1998 Summary: First published in 1996, Dava Sobel's story of an epic scientific quest - how to calculate longitude. The thorniest scientific problem of the day had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries until John Harrison dared to imagine a mechanical solution. The story encompasses astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.
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First published in 1996, Dava Sobel's story of an epic scientific quest - how to calculate longitude. The thorniest scientific problem of the day had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries until John Harrison dared to imagine a mechanical solution. The story encompasses astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.
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