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Author Sobel, Dava.

Title Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time / Dava Sobel.

Imprint New York : Walker, 1995.

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 Axe Special Collections Eucalyptus  526.6209 So12l 1995    ---  Lib Use Only
Description viii, 184 pages ; 20 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index.
Indexed In: Booklist
Kirkus Review
Contents Imaginary lines -- The sea before time -- Adrift in a clockwork universe -- Time in a bottle -- Powder of sympathy -- The prize -- Cogmarker's journal -- The grasshopper goes to sea -- Hands on heaven's clock -- The diamond timekeeper -- Trial by fire and water -- A tale of two portraits -- The second voyage of captain James Cook -- The mass production of genius -- In the meridian courtyard.
Summary The story of mariners' centuries-long search for ways of determining longitude that tells not only of the scientific advances but of the perseverance, pettiness, politics, & interesting anecdotes involved. Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest, and of John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking. Through Dava Sobel's consummate skill, Longitude will open a new window on our world for all who read it.
Audience 9.70
Study Program AR, Accelerated Reader/Advantage Learning Systems RL 11.30 9.0 16829
Subject Harrison, John, 1693-1776.
Longitude -- Measurement -- History.
Chronometers -- History.
Clock and watch makers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Clock and watch makers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Clock and watch makers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Harrison, John, 1693-1776 (OCoLC)fst00153680
Chronometers. (OCoLC)fst00860225
Clock and watch makers. (OCoLC)fst00864502
Longitude -- Measurement. (OCoLC)fst01002406
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Harrison, John, 1693-1776.
Longitude -- Measurement -- History.
Clocks and watches.
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biographies.
ISBN 0802713122 (hc)
9780802713124 (hc)
9780802715296
080271529X
0140258795
9780140258790

 
    
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