Greenwich Time and the Longitude by Derek Howse

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Greenwich Time and the Longitude by Derek Howse

The history of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich has been revised to coincide with the Millenium. Color illustrations and updated text tell the story of Greenwich from its foundations in 1676 to its present status as Longitude 0, the world's Prime Meridian for measuring longitude and time.

The book covers the importance of longitude for navigation and traces the history of Greenwich Time, the basis of universal time-keeping.

The book is co-published with the National Maritime Museum, where Derek Howse was the former Head of Navigation and Astronomy.

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Derek Howse is former Head of Navigation and Astronomy at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England, and coeditor of A Buccaneer's Atlas: Basil Ringrose's South Sea Waggoner (California, 1989). In 1983-84 he served as Clark Library Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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ISBN 13 9780856674686
ISBN 10 0856674680
Title Greenwich Time and the Longitude
Author Derek Howse
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
Year published 2001-12-11
Number of pages 208
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.