Time restored : the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything /
This is the biography of the polymath, R.T. Gould, the man who in the 1920s, restored the great 18th century marine timekeepers by John Harrison to their former glory. With his encyclopaedic knowledge, he studied and wrote on subjects as varied as scientific mysteries and horology.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | Betts, Jonathan (Autor) |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum,
2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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