An edition of The Quest for Longitude (1996)

The Quest for Longitude

The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 4-6, 1993

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An edition of The Quest for Longitude (1996)

The Quest for Longitude

The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 4-6, 1993

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The Quest for Longitude is a book for students and for teachers, for collectors and for scholars, and for the thousands of people who, having enjoyed Sobel's Longitude, desire a well-illustrated reference that describes in detail the many fascinating devices and the intriguing characters who, by solving the ancient problem of finding longitude at sea, changed the world forever. 250 illustrations, 120 in color.

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Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
Language
English
Pages
437

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Longitude, Congresses, Horology, Measurement, History, Long Now Manual for Civilization

People

John Harrison (1693-1776)
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Cover of: The Quest for Longitude
The Quest for Longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 4-6, 1993
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Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
Opening Address at the Longitude Symposium
La Salle: When Ignorance Was Death
Finding the Point at Sea
LONGITUDE IN THE CONTEXT OF:
Mathematics
Navigation
Cartography
History of Science
EARLY ATTEMPTS TO FIND LONGITUDE
The Longitude Problem: The Navigator's Story
Longitude and the Satellites of Jupiter
The Longitude Timekeepers of Christiaan Huygens
In the Wake of the Act, But Mainly Before
Cranks and Opportunists: "Nutty" Solutions to the Longitude Problem
The Lunar-Distance Method of Measuring Longitude
JOHN HARRISON
John Harrison, Clockmaker at Barrow; Near Barton Upon Humbar; Lincolnshire':The Wooden Clocks, 1713-1730
Even Newton Could be Wrong: The Story of Harrison's First Three Sea Clocks
The Timekeeper that Won the Longitude Prize
The Scandalous Neglect of Harrison's Regulator Science
PREFECTING THE MARINE TIMEKEEPER
Ferdinand Berthoud and Pierre Le Roy: Judgement in the Twentieth Century of a Quarrel Dating from the Eighteenth Century
Thomas Mudge and the Longitude: A Reason to Excel
Arnold and Earnshaw: The Practicable Solution
THE JAMES ARTHUR LECTURE
Lecture introduction: James Arthur: Pioneer Collector and Benefactor
Watchmaking in the Twenty-First Century: The Renaissance of the Mechanic
APPENDICES
Appendix A
Acknowledgements
i. Subscribers to this volume
ii. Contributors of material and information
Appendix B
The Longitude Symposium
i. Background to the conference
ii. Conference information
iii. Special exhibitions
Appendix C
Translations of the Earliest Documents Describing the Principle Methods Used to Find Longitude at Sea
Appendix D
Finding Local Time at Sea, and the Instruments Employed
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 406-421) and index.
"The Longitude Symposium was organized under the auspices of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments in connection with the Fourteenth Annual Seminar of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors."
World maps on endpapers.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
527/.2
Library of Congress
QB225 .L66 1993

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Editor
William J. H. Andrewes
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Jeremy R. Knowles
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Bruce Chandler
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Michael S. Mahoney
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Alan Stimson
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Albert Van Helden
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J. H. Leopold
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A. J. Turner
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Owen Gingerich
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Derek Howse
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Andrew L. King
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Anthony G. Randall
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Copy Editor
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Production Assistant
Martha R, Richardson
Reviewer
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Designer
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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
437 p. :
Number of pages
437
Dimensions
11.5 x 9 x 1.5 inches
Weight
5.1 pounds

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0964432900
ISBN 13
9780964432901
LCCN
96025845
OCLC/WorldCat
34878901
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100052
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