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Title | Finding Longitude |
Author | Dunn, Richard / Higgitt, Rebekah |
Asset Number | 00397 |
Publisher | Harper Collins / Royal Museums Greenwich |
ISBN | 9780007525867 |
Published Date | 2014 |
Edition | 1 |
Printing | 1 |
Description | Pictorial hardcover with unclipped dust jacket.
It was an attempt to solve one of the most pressing problems of the age: how to determine a ship's longitude (east-west position) at sea. With life-changing rewards on offer, the challenge captured the imaginations and talents of astronomers, skilled craftsmen, politicians, seamen and satirists. |
Category | Miscellaneous Science |
Epoch | Modern |
Date Acquired | 01/01/2021 |
Condition | (1) Fine |