Finding Longitude

Author : Dava Sobel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802779433
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Longitude written by Dava Sobel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-07-05 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem." Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives and the increasing fortunes of nations hung on a resolution. One man, John Harrison, in complete opposition to the scientific community, dared to imagine a mechanical solution-a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had ever been able to do on land. Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking, and opens a new window on our world.

Author : Richard Dunn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780007525867
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finding Longitude written by Richard Dunn and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Official publication of the National Maritime Museum's exhibition "Ships, Clocks and Stars: The Quest for Longitude". 300 years ago, amidst growing frustration from the naval community and pressure from the increasing importance of international trade, the British government passed the 1714 Longitude Act. It was an attempt to solve one of the most pressing problems of the age: how to determine a ship's longitude (east-west position) at sea. With life-changing rewards on offer, the challenge captured the imaginations and talents of astronomers, skilled craftsmen, politicians, seamen and satirists. This beautifully illustrated book is a detailed account of these stories, and how the longitude problem was solved. Highlights of the book include: * Foreword by the fifteenth Astronomer Royal, Martin Rees. * Specially commissioned photographs of the National Maritime Museum's collection. * A new description of the collaborations and conflicts in a tale of technical creativity, scientific innovation and hard commercialism. From the same publisher as Dava Sobel's Longitude, Finding Longitude tells a new story of one of the great achievements of the Georgian age, and how it changed our understanding of the world.

Author : Andrew Mackay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Theory and Practice of Finding the Longitude at Sea Or Land written by Andrew Mackay and published by . This book was released on 1801 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrew Mackay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Theory and Practise of Finding the Longitude at Sea Or Land. To which are Added Various Methods of Determining the Latitude of a Place and Variation of the Compass, with New Tables written by Andrew Mackay and published by . This book was released on 1793 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Theory and Practice of Finding the Longitude at Sea Or Land: to Whic are Added, Various Methods of Determining the Latitude of a Place ... by Andrew Mackay, ... in Two Volumes written by and published by . This book was released on 1793 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Waddington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Practical Method for Finding the Longitude and Latitude of a Ship at Sea, by Observations of the Moon written by Robert Waddington and published by . This book was released on 1763 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Samuel DUNN (Professor of Mathematics.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An introduction to the lunar method of finding the Longitude in a ship at sea, etc written by Samuel DUNN (Professor of Mathematics.) and published by . This book was released on 1790 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward Riddle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Extension of the Double Altitude Problem, to Finding the Longitude as Well as the Latitude at Sea written by Edward Riddle and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Maritime Museum
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007525877
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finding Longitude: How ships, clocks and stars helped solve the longitude problem written by National Maritime Museum and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recommended for viewing on colour device. Official publication of the National Maritime Museum's “Ships, Clocks and Stars” exhibition.

Author : Thomas EVANS (Lieut. R.N.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A practical introduction to finding the Longitude at sea by lunar observations; also, to spherics and nautical Astronomy, etc written by Thomas EVANS (Lieut. R.N.) and published by . This book was released on 1817 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: