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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Sobel, Dava.     Subjects     Harrison, John, 1693-1776.     Longitude -- Measurement -- History.     Chronometers -- History.     Clock and watch makers -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Sobel, Dava.       by title:      Longitude [electroni...         MARC Display

Longitude [electronic resource] : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time / Dava Sobel. by Sobel, Dava. New York : Walker, 1995. Subjects Harrison, John, 1693-1776.   Longitude -- Measurement -- History.   Chronometers -- History.   Clock and watch makers -- Great Britain -- Biography. Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=D64091A1-A96D-4E4F-9484-0DCB1F6AD3D2 This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/2183-1/{D64091A1-A96D-4E4F-9484-0DCB1F6AD3D2}Img100.jpg ISBN:  9780802779434 (electronic bk.) 0802779433 (electronic bk.) Description:  1 online resource (130 pages) Contents:  Imaginary lines -- Sea before time -- Adrift in a clockwork universe -- Time in a bottle -- Powder of sympathy -- Prize -- Cogmaker's journal -- Grasshopper goes to sea -- Hands on Heaven's clock -- Diamond timekeeper -- Trial by fire and water -- Tale of two portraits -- Second voyage of Captain James Cook -- Mass production of genius -- In the Meridian Courtyard. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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