Finding longitude
"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 ca…
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- Full title :Finding longitude / Richard Dunn & Rebekah Higgitt.
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"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"--Publisher's description.
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- Publication Date:2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Collins, Royal Museums Greenwich
- Place of Publication:Glasgow
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
Notes
Published to coincide with Ships, Clocks & Stars: the quest for longitude, a major touring exhibition organized by the National Maritime Museum, part of Royal Museums Greenwich.
The Physical Object
- Description:255 pages : : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; : 27 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780007525867, 0007525869
- oclc:ocn903161088
- LC Classification:VK567
- Dewey Decimal:527.209
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