TY  - BOOK
AU  - Betts,Jonathan
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Time restored: the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything 
AV  - TS544.8.G68 B48 2006eb
U1  - 681.1/18092B 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum
KW  - Gould, Rupert Thomas,
KW  - Chronometers
KW  - Nautical instruments
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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