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Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude

Title
Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude / Derek Howse.
Author
Howse, Derek.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1980.

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Description
xviii, 254 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
Traces the astronomical, navigational, and timekeeping advances that led to the development of Greenwich time, the concept of longitude, and the designation of Greenwich as the prime meridian.
Subject
  • Royal Greenwich Observatory > History
  • Royal Greenwich Observatory
  • Royal Greenwich Observatory Greenwich
  • Greenwich > Royal Greenwich Observatory
  • Time > Systems and standards
  • Longitude
  • Geschichte
  • Weltzeit
  • Tijdmeting
  • Time measurements
  • Longitude > Measurement
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [232]-246.
Contents
Seeking the longitude: 300 BC -- AD 1675 -- Greenwich time for astronomers: 1675-1720 -- Greenwich time for navigators: 1700-1840 -- Greenwich time for Great Britain: 1825-1880 -- A prime meridian 1790-1884 -- Greenwich time for the world: 1884-1939 -- A clock more accurate than the earth -- Appendices: I. Finding the longitude -- II. Time-finding by astronomy -- III. Mechanical and electrical clocks by Roger Stevenson -- IV. Modern precision clocks by John Pilkington -- V. Time-balls in operation, 1861 -- VI. International Meridian Conference, Washington, 1884.
ISBN
  • 0192159488
  • 9780192159489
LCCN
79040052
OCLC
  • ocm05352913
  • 5352913
  • SCSB-19564
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library