Document Details Excitement of Time [The...] - John Harrison, the Royal; Society and Time Measurement:
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- Title: Excitement of Time [The...] - John Harrison, the Royal; Society and Time Measurement
SubTitle: selected for the Royal Society's science exhibition 2006 - Author: John C. Taylor, Arnold Sir Wolfendale, John C. [Photography] Taylor
- Publisher: Fromanteel Ltd
Keywords: catalog UK-London temp-compensation
Other Keywords: grashopper escapement bimettalic John HArrison
Language: ENG
Notes: Monograph (and 2006 exhibition catalog) on the Contributions of John Harrison and of the Royal Society (London) to Timekeeping, and on Harrisons membership in the Royal Society. Includes a general history of precision timekeeping up to the present and a detailed discussion of temperature bimetallic compensation and of the grashopper escapement. Richly illustrated in color. Index, glossary, biblio
Edition: 2006, 1st edition -- Copyright: 2006
Kind: Book
Type: Timekeeper (general)
Geographic area: United Kingdom
Topic: History
Organization: SciAssociation
Pages: 88 -- Height in cm: 31
Print Status: 1 (1 means in print - 2 means out of print)
Entered By: FMM
BHM No: 10583 - Publisher: Fromanteel Ltd
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