MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02151cam a22003374a 4500
001 2006000426
003 DLC
005 20070515102335.0
008 060106s2006 enkab b 001 0beng
010 $a 2006000426
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016 7 $a013380324$2Uk
020 $a0198568029 (alk. paper)
020 $a9780198568025 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm63116812
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dUKM$dBAKER$dBWKUK$dYDX$dYDXCP$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aTS544.8.G68$bB48 2006
082 00 $a681.1/18092$aB$222
100 1 $aBetts, Jonathan.
245 10 $aTime restored :$bthe Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything /$cJonathan Betts.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum,$c2006.
300 $axvi, 464 p. :$bill. (some col.), map ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [361]-400) and index.
505 0 $aChildhood 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.
600 10 $aGould, Rupert Thomas,$d1890-1948.
650 0 $aChronometers.
650 0 $aNautical instruments.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2006000426.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0638/2006000426-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2006000426-b.html