Time restored
the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything
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Publication
2006 - Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum, Oxford, England
Language
English
Word Count
116,000 words, Guess
Page Count
464 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL17930598M
- ISBN-139780198568025
- ISBN-100198568029
- OCLC Control Number63116812
- Library of Congress Control Number2006000426
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- Goodreads388056
- LibraryThing4912289
Classifications
- DDC681.1/18092
- LCCTS544.8.G68 B48 2006
Description
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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