Longitude : (Record no. 109828)

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fixed length control field 950419s1995 nyu b 000 0beng
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 95017402
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0140258795 (pbk.) :
Terms of availability $10.95
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System control number 315810
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System control number ADN-0763
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sobel, Dava.
9 (RLIN) 27240
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Longitude :
Remainder of title the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time /
Statement of responsibility, etc Dava Sobel.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Penguin Books,
Date of publication, distribution, etc c1995.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 184 p. ;
Dimensions 19 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-180) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Imaginary lines -- The sea before time -- Adrift in a clockwork universe -- Time in a bottle -- Powder of sympathy -- The prise -- Cogmaker's journal -- The grasshopper goes to sea -- Hands on heaven's clock -- The diamond timekeeper -- Trial by fire and water -- A tale of two portraits -- The second voyage of Captain James Cook -- The mass production of genius -- In the meridian courtyard.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc 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. The scientific establishment of Europe--from Galileo to Sir Issac Newton--had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, 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 a dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and 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.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Harrison, John,
Dates associated with a name 1693-1776.
9 (RLIN) 27241
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Longitude
General subdivision Measurement
-- History.
9 (RLIN) 27242
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Clock and watch makers
Geographic subdivision Great Britain
Form subdivision Biography.
9 (RLIN) 27243
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