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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum,
2006.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 464 pages) : illustrations (some color), map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-400) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0198568029 9780198568025 9780191524462 0191524468 1281160288 9781281160287 |