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- catalog abstract "Traces the astronomical, navigational, and timekeeping advances that led to the development of Greenwich time, the concept of longitude, and the designation of Greenwich as the prime meridian.".
- catalog contributor b1387908.
- catalog created "1980.".
- catalog date "1980".
- catalog date "1980.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1980.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. [232]-234.".
- catalog description "Seeking the longitude: 300 BC -- AD 1675 -- Greenwich time for astronomers: 1675-1720 -- Greenwich time for navigators: 1700-1840 -- Greenwich time for Great Britain: 1825-1880 -- A prime meridian 1790-1884 -- Greenwich time for the world: 1884-1939 -- A clock more accurate than the earth -- Appendices: I. Finding the longitude -- II. Time-finding by astronomy -- III. Mechanical and electrical clocks by Roger Stevenson -- IV. Modern precision clocks by John Pilkington -- V. Time-balls in operation, 1861 -- VI. International Meridian Conference, Washington, 1884.".
- catalog description "Traces the astronomical, navigational, and timekeeping advances that led to the development of Greenwich time, the concept of longitude, and the designation of Greenwich as the prime meridian.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 254 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude.".
- catalog identifier "0192159488 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude.".
- catalog issued "1980".
- catalog issued "1980.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude.".
- catalog subject "Longitude.".
- catalog subject "QB223 .H75".
- catalog subject "Royal Greenwich Observatory History.".
- catalog subject "Time Systems and standards.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Seeking the longitude: 300 BC -- AD 1675 -- Greenwich time for astronomers: 1675-1720 -- Greenwich time for navigators: 1700-1840 -- Greenwich time for Great Britain: 1825-1880 -- A prime meridian 1790-1884 -- Greenwich time for the world: 1884-1939 -- A clock more accurate than the earth -- Appendices: I. Finding the longitude -- II. Time-finding by astronomy -- III. Mechanical and electrical clocks by Roger Stevenson -- IV. Modern precision clocks by John Pilkington -- V. Time-balls in operation, 1861 -- VI. International Meridian Conference, Washington, 1884.".
- catalog title "Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude / Derek Howse.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".