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Longitude

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Author : Dava Sobel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802779433
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Longitude written by Dava Sobel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-07-05 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem." Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives and the increasing fortunes of nations hung on a resolution. One man, John Harrison, in complete opposition to the scientific community, dared to imagine a mechanical solution-a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had ever been able to do on land. Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking, and opens a new window on our world.

Latitude and Longitude

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Author : Rebecca Aberg
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
ISBN 13 : 9780516227238
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Latitude and Longitude written by Rebecca Aberg and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons - to all corners of the globe! With this series all about geography, emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the world...and right in their own backyards.

360 Degrees Longitude

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Author : John Higham
Publisher : Easton Studio Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1935212990
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book 360 Degrees Longitude written by John Higham and published by Easton Studio Press, LLC. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much more than a travel narrative 360 Degrees Longitude: One Family’s Journey Around the World is a glimpse at what it means to be a “global citizen”—a progressively changing view of the world as seen through the eyes of an American family of four. After more than a decade of planning, John Higham and his wife September bid their high-tech jobs and suburban lives good-bye, packed up their home and set out with two children, ages eight and eleven, to travel around the world. In the course of the next 52 weeks they crossed 24 time zones, visited 28 countries and experienced a lifetime of adventures. Making their way across the world, the Highams discovered more than just different foods and cultures; they also learned such diverse things as a Chilean mall isn’t the best place to get your ears pierced, and that elephants appreciate flowers just as much as the next person. But most importantly, they learned about each other, and just how much a family can weather if they do it together. 360 Degrees Longitude employs Google’s wildly popular Google Earth as a compliment to the narrative. Using your computer you can spin the digital globe to join the adventure cycling through Europe, feeling the cold stare of a pride of lions in Africa, and breaking down in the Andes. Packed with photos, video and text, the online Google Earth companion adds a dimension not possible with mere paper and ink. Fly over the terrain of the Inca Trail or drill down to see the majesty of the Swiss Alps—without leaving the comfort of your chair.

The Illustrated Longitude

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Author : Dava Sobel
Publisher : Paw Prints
ISBN 13 : 9781439559321
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated Longitude written by Dava Sobel and published by Paw Prints. This book was released on 2008-10-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new illustrated edition of the best-selling Longitude chronicles the tale of the eighteenth-century inventor John Harrison, who created the chronometer and, in the process, saved thousands of lives and great fortunes. Reprint.

Finding Longitude

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Author : Richard Dunn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780007525867
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Finding Longitude written by Richard Dunn and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Official publication of the National Maritime Museum's exhibition "Ships, Clocks and Stars: The Quest for Longitude". 300 years ago, amidst growing frustration from the naval community and pressure from the increasing importance of international trade, the British government passed the 1714 Longitude Act. 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. This beautifully illustrated book is a detailed account of these stories, and how the longitude problem was solved. Highlights of the book include: * Foreword by the fifteenth Astronomer Royal, Martin Rees. * Specially commissioned photographs of the National Maritime Museum's collection. * A new description of the collaborations and conflicts in a tale of technical creativity, scientific innovation and hard commercialism. From the same publisher as Dava Sobel's Longitude, Finding Longitude tells a new story of one of the great achievements of the Georgian age, and how it changed our understanding of the world.

Discovery of Longitude, The

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Author : Joan Marie Galat
Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781455616374
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Discovery of Longitude, The written by Joan Marie Galat and published by Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09-14 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific discovery changes the world! Discover the fascinating story behind one of the most important changes to nautical navigation in this nonfiction book for young readers. More than 300 years ago, explorers wandered the seas using unreliable maps. What they needed to know was the longitude of their locations, but for that they needed accurate time keeping. Unfortunately, no accurate source of time measurement at sea existed. In 1714 the British government decided to offer a reward to anyone who could solve the problem. Learned men and great thinkers alike tried unsuccessfully to work out a solution. They declared it unsolvable! Carpenter John Harrison was intrigued; he thought he might have a solution. He worked for years to design a clock that functioned accurately at sea, even though no one believed he could do it. Even after his timepiece was demonstrated effective at sea, he was still not acknowledged for his ingenious solution. It took many years and intervention by the king to grant Harrison the recognition and reward he deserved for solving the problem of how to accurately track longitude and for winning the British government prize. The book offers a detailed map of the world at that time and includes the advancements in the use of longitude since then.

Ships, Clocks, and Stars

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Author : Richard Dunn
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062357174
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Ships, Clocks, and Stars written by Richard Dunn and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of eighteenth-century invention and competition, commerce and conflict, this is a lively, illustrated, and accurate chronicle of the search to solve “the longitude problem,” the question of how to determine a ship’s position at sea—and one that changed the history of mankind. Ships, Clocks, and Stars brings into focus one of our greatest scientific stories: the search to accurately measure a ship’s position at sea. The incredible, illustrated volume reveals why longitude mattered to seafaring nations, illuminates the various solutions that were proposed and tested, and explores the invention that revolutionized human history and the man behind it, John Harrison. Here, too, are the voyages of Captain Cook that put these revolutionary navigational methods to the test. Filled with astronomers, inventors, politicians, seamen, and satirists, Ships, Clocks, and Stars explores the scientific, political, and commercial battles of the age, as well as the sailors, ships, and voyages that made it legend—from Matthew Flinders and George Vancouver to the voyages of the Bounty and the Beagle. Featuring more than 150 photographs specially commissioned from Britain’s National Maritime Museum, this evocative, detailed, and thoroughly fascinating history brings this age of exploration and enlightenment vividly to life.

Wireless Longitude

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Author : George Durno Cowie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Wireless Longitude written by George Durno Cowie and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Practical Method for Finding the Longitude and Latitude of a Ship at Sea, by Observations of the Moon

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Author : Robert Waddington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Practical Method for Finding the Longitude and Latitude of a Ship at Sea, by Observations of the Moon written by Robert Waddington and published by . This book was released on 1763 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Longitude and Empire

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Author : Brian W. Richardson
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774859830
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book Longitude and Empire written by Brian W. Richardson and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Captain Cook's three voyages, to Europeans the globe was uncertain and dangerous; after, it was comprehensible and ordered. Written as a conceptual field guide to the voyages, Longitude and Empire offers a significant rereading of both the expeditions and modern political philosophy. More than any other work, printed accounts of the voyages marked the shift from early modern to modern ways of looking at the world. The globe was no longer divided between Europeans and savages but populated instead by an almost overwhelming variety of national identities. Cook's voyages took the fragmented and obscure global descriptions available at the time and consolidated them into a single, comprehensive textual vision. Locations became fixed on the map and the people, animals, plants, and artifacts associated with them were identified, collected, understood, and assimilated into a world order. This fascinating account offers a new understanding of Captain Cook's voyages and how they affected the European world view.

World Longitude Determinations

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Author : U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World Longitude Determinations written by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Theory and Practice of Finding the Longitude at Sea Or Land

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Author : Andrew Mackay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Theory and Practice of Finding the Longitude at Sea Or Land written by Andrew Mackay and published by . This book was released on 1801 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lunar and time tables, adapted to new methods for finding the longitude by chronometers and lunar distances. With an appendix

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Author : James Gordon (teacher of navigation.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

Book Synopsis Lunar and time tables, adapted to new methods for finding the longitude by chronometers and lunar distances. With an appendix by : James Gordon (teacher of navigation.)

Download or read book Lunar and time tables, adapted to new methods for finding the longitude by chronometers and lunar distances. With an appendix written by James Gordon (teacher of navigation.) and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Study of Time Errors in Precise Longitude Determinations by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

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Author : U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Study of Time Errors in Precise Longitude Determinations by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey written by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Determination of the Difference of Longitude Between Washington and Paris

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Author : United States Naval Observatory
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Determination of the Difference of Longitude Between Washington and Paris written by United States Naval Observatory and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Supplement to the Treatise for Finding the Longitude

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Author : Robert Waddington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Supplement to the Treatise for Finding the Longitude written by Robert Waddington and published by . This book was released on 1764 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Theory and Practice of the Longitude at Sea

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Author : Samuel Dunn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Theory and Practice of the Longitude at Sea written by Samuel Dunn and published by . This book was released on 1778 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: