Time Restored
The Harrison Timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the Man Who Knew (Almost) Everything
Edición de la obra Time restored
| Autor | Jonathan Betts |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Oxford University Press, USA |
| Fecha de publicación | August 21, 2006 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 480 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780198568025 |
| ISBN-10 | 0198568029 |
| Número de Cutter | B565t |
This is the biography of the polymath, R.T. Gould, the man who in the 1920s, restored the great 18th century marine timekeepers by John Harrison to their former glory. With his encyclopaedic knowledge, he studied and wrote on subjects as varied as scientific mysteries and horology.