Sobel's Illustrated Longitude can be found on ebay for ~10. or less, including shipping. Search on "Illustrated Longitude"
Regards, Bill -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [time-nuts] The Original Time Nut Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:03:16 -0500 From: Thomas A. Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <[email protected]> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <[email protected]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A more in depth book on Harrison and the longitude problem is: "The Quest for Longitude", Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts November 4-6 1993 edited by William J. H. Andrewes Harvard University, 1996 Sobel attended the above symposium, which is where most of the info came from. Tom Frank On Feb 22, 2008, at 7:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jan wrote: >> >> Can anyone point to some good reading on John Harrison >> > The Dava Sobel book mentioned elsewhere also seems to > have been released in an illustrated edition including period > documents and equipment photographs: > > "The Illustrated Longitude", Sobel & Andrewes, > 1998 hardcover, 2003 paperback > > ( I don't own that edition, but shall add it to the wish list ) > > Also, Chapter 14 of "The Art and Science of Analog Circuit Design", > Williams (ed), 1995, titled 'John Harrison's "Ticking Box" ', > summarizes > his efforts towards the Longitude Prize. > > Brian > > > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
