عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
QB225 .S63 2003
QB225
.
S63
2003
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0802775934
(Number (ISBN
1439559325
(Number (ISBN
9780802775931
(Number (ISBN
9781439559321
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b738707
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The illustrated longitude /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Dava Sobel and William J.H. Andrewes.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st pbk. ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Walker,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
216 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (some color) ;
Dimensions
25 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Originally published: Longitude. New York : Walker, 1995.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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 producation of genius -- In the meridian courtyard.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
An illustrated version of Dava Sobel's story about how John Harrison invented a clock that kept accurate time at sea, thereby creating a way to measure the longitude of ships.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Harrison, John,1693-1776.
Harrison, John,1693-1776
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Chronometers-- History.
Clock and watch makers-- Great Britain, Biography.
Longitude-- Measurement-- History.
Chronometers.
Clock and watch makers.
Longitude-- Measurement.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Great Britain.
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
529
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QB225
Book number
.
S63
2003
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
55
.
08
System Code
bcl
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Sobel, Dava.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Andrewes, William J. H.,1950-
Sobel, Dava.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201203234705.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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