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The Quest for Longitude
The Quest for Longitude The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 4-6, 1993
- Author: ANDREWES, William J.H.
- Publication place: China
- Publisher: Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
- Publication date: 1996.
- Physical description: Hardcover, 237 pages.
- Inventory reference: 2038
Notes
The history of finding longitude at sea, from about 1500 to 1790 with the development of John Harrison’s marine chronometer.
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