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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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Time Restored: The Harrison Timekeepers and R. T. Gould, the Man Who Knew Everything
2011, Oxford University Press
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Time restored: the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything
2006, Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum
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0198568029 9780198568025
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Time Restored: The Harrison Timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the Man Who Knew (Almost) Everything
August 21, 2006, Oxford University Press, USA
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Time Restored: The Harrison Timekeepers and R. T. Gould, the Man Who Knew Everything
2006, Oxford University Press
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Time Restored: The Harrison Timekeepers and R. T. Gould, the Man Who Knew Everything
2006, Ebsco Publishing
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Table of 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-400) and index.
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