Time restored: the harrison timekeepers and r.t. gould, the man who knew (almost) everything
Auteur :
Betts, Jonathan
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199606719
Date de publication :
19 mai 2011
Dimensions :
21,5 x 14,6 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
605 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Biography of the polymath, Lt Cmdr Rupert T. Gould (1890-1948), the man who, in the 1920s, restored the great eighteenth 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 (e.g. The Loch Ness Monster) and horology (timekeeping).