Time restored : the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything /

Time restored : the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything / / Jonathan Betts.

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Betts, Jonathan.
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Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
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Physical Description:xvi, 464 p. :; ill. (some col.), map.
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Table of Contents:
  • Childhood 1890-1905
  • Navy training 1906-1913
  • The war, a breakdown, and marriage 1914-1920
  • John Harrison and the marine chronometer
  • Research and the first restorations 1920-1922
  • The magnum opus 1921-1923
  • Horology : the obsession
  • H2 is restored 1923-1925
  • The sette of odd volumes
  • Separation 1925-1927
  • Oddities and enigmas 1928-1929
  • The case for the sea serpent 1930
  • The RAS regulator 1927-1929
  • H3 is completed 1929-1931
  • H1 the full restoration 1931-1933
  • The Loch Ness monster 1933-1934
  • The Harrison timekeepers and the NMM 1934-1935
  • Professor Stewart, the BBC, and tennis 1936
  • Many projects 1936-1937
  • Leaving downside, leaving London 1937-1939
  • Upper Hurdcott and the brains trust 1940-1945
  • Canterbury and a gold medal 1945-1948.

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