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Record #62240:

Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude / Derek Howse.

Title: Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude / Derek Howse.
Author(s): Howse, Derek.
Date: 1980.
Publisher: Oxford: Oxford University Press
Abstract: History of Greenwich time from 1676 and of finding of longitude at sea; accompanying developments in astronomy, navigation and timekeeping.
Keywords: 528.28 -- Geographical coordinates.
529.75 -- Time, reckoning systems.
681.11 -- Clocks, watches and chronometers.
527 -- Navigation.
91(091) -- Exploration, history.
W -- Expeditions and exploration.
Location(s): SCO: SPRI-SHF: 529.75
SPRI record no.: 62240

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