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Time restored : the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything /

This is the biography of the polymath, R.T. Gould, the man who in the 1920s, restored the great 18th 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 and horology.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Betts, Jonathan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum, 2006.
Subjects:
Gould, R. T. > (Rupert Thomas), > 1890-1948.
Gould, R. T. > (Rupert Thomas), > 1890-1948
Chronometers.
Nautical instruments.
Chronomètres.
Instruments nautiques.
chronometers.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
Chronometers
Nautical instruments
Electronic books.
Biographies.
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Call Number: TS544.8.G68 B48 2006
 
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