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Time restored [electronic resource] : the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything / Jonathan Betts.

By: Betts, Jonathan.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum, 2006Description: xvi, 464 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Gould, Rupert Thomas, 1890-1948 | Chronometers | Nautical instrumentsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 681.1/18092 | B Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Childhood 1890-1905 -- Navy training 1906-1913 -- The war, a breakdown, and marriage 1914-1920 -- John Harrison and the marine chronometer -- Research and the first restorations 1920-1922 -- The magnum opus 1921-1923 -- Horology : the obsession -- H2 is restored 1923-1925 -- The sette of odd volumes -- Separation 1925-1927 -- Oddities and enigmas 1928-1929 -- The case for the sea serpent 1930 -- The RAS regulator 1927-1929 -- H3 is completed 1929-1931 -- H1 the full restoration 1931-1933 -- The Loch Ness monster 1933-1934 -- The Harrison timekeepers and the NMM 1934-1935 -- Professor Stewart, the BBC, and tennis 1936 -- Many projects 1936-1937 -- Leaving downside, leaving London 1937-1939 -- Upper Hurdcott and the brains trust 1940-1945 -- Canterbury and a gold medal 1945-1948.
Item type Current location Call number Status Date due Barcode
681.1/18092 B (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-400) and index.

Childhood 1890-1905 -- Navy training 1906-1913 -- The war, a breakdown, and marriage 1914-1920 -- John Harrison and the marine chronometer -- Research and the first restorations 1920-1922 -- The magnum opus 1921-1923 -- Horology : the obsession -- H2 is restored 1923-1925 -- The sette of odd volumes -- Separation 1925-1927 -- Oddities and enigmas 1928-1929 -- The case for the sea serpent 1930 -- The RAS regulator 1927-1929 -- H3 is completed 1929-1931 -- H1 the full restoration 1931-1933 -- The Loch Ness monster 1933-1934 -- The Harrison timekeepers and the NMM 1934-1935 -- Professor Stewart, the BBC, and tennis 1936 -- Many projects 1936-1937 -- Leaving downside, leaving London 1937-1939 -- Upper Hurdcott and the brains trust 1940-1945 -- Canterbury and a gold medal 1945-1948.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.