Greenwich Time and the Longitude
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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.
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. |
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