Articles related to "Chronometer"
Whalers Logbooks
Antique ships' logs contain valuable details of past conditions at sea.
• whalers logbooks • ships logs • antique sextants • chronometers • octants
Antique ships' logs contain valuable details of past conditions at sea.
• whalers logbooks • ships logs • antique sextants • chronometers • octants
Book Review: Longitude
Self-educated clockmaker John Harrison stood up against huge opposition when he set his eyes on the £20,000 prize offered by Parliament and began to look for longitude. He would labor for forty-odd years against the establishment before succeeding, but when he did, he proved himself more of a genius than the greatest scientists of his generation. Dava Sobel's <U>Longitude</U> tells the story.
• longitude • john harrison • clocks • galileo • dava sobel
Self-educated clockmaker John Harrison stood up against huge opposition when he set his eyes on the £20,000 prize offered by Parliament and began to look for longitude. He would labor for forty-odd years against the establishment before succeeding, but when he did, he proved himself more of a genius than the greatest scientists of his generation. Dava Sobel's <U>Longitude</U> tells the story.
• longitude • john harrison • clocks • galileo • dava sobel
Longitude, the Greatest Scientific Problem of the 18th Century
A description of the development of the first portable clock, invented by John Harrison to determine longitude at sea
• determination of longitude • astronomy • development • h-1 • h-2
A description of the development of the first portable clock, invented by John Harrison to determine longitude at sea
• determination of longitude • astronomy • development • h-1 • h-2
Captain James Cook Second Voyage
Antarctica, ice, illness, and Easter Island
• captain • james • cook • extrordinary • voyages
Antarctica, ice, illness, and Easter Island
• captain • james • cook • extrordinary • voyages
Transportation and Time
How we measure time became more and more important as transportation technology became faster and more sophisticated.
• time • transportation • history • chronometer • standard
How we measure time became more and more important as transportation technology became faster and more sophisticated.
• time • transportation • history • chronometer • standard