Description |
viii, 184 pages ; 20 cm |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index. |
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Booklist |
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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.
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Longitude -- Measurement -- History.
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Chronometers -- History.
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Clock and watch makers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Clock and watch makers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Clock and watch makers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Harrison, John, 1693-1776 (OCoLC)fst00153680
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Chronometers. (OCoLC)fst00860225
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Clock and watch makers. (OCoLC)fst00864502
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Longitude -- Measurement.
(OCoLC)fst01002406
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Harrison, John, 1693-1776.
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Longitude -- Measurement -- History.
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Clocks and watches.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies.
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ISBN |
0802713122 (hc) |
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9780802713124 (hc) |
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9780802715296 |
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080271529X |
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0140258795 |
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9780140258790 |
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