TY - BOOK AU - Betts,Jonathan TI - Time restored: the Harrison timekeepers and R. T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything SN - 0198568029 AV - TS544.8.G68 U1 - 681.1/18092 PY - 2006/// CY - Oxford [u.a.] PB - Oxford Univ. Press [u.a.] KW - Gould, Rupert Thomas KW - Chronometers KW - Nautical instruments KW - Biografie KW - gnd-content N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-400) and index; Childhood 1890-1905 -- Navy training 1906-1913 -- The war, a breakdown, and marriage 1914-1920 -- John Harrison and the marine chronometer -- Research and the first restorations 1920-1922 -- The magnum opus 1921-1923 -- Horology : the obsession -- H2 is restored 1923-1925 -- The sette of odd volumes -- Separation 1925-1927 -- Oddities and enigmas 1928-1929 -- The case for the sea serpent 1930 -- The RAS regulator 1927-1929 -- H3 is completed 1929-1931 -- H1 the full restoration 1931-1933 -- The Loch Ness monster 1933-1934 -- The Harrison timekeepers and the NMM 1934-1935 -- Professor Stewart, the BBC, and tennis 1936 -- Many projects 1936-1937 -- Leaving downside, leaving London 1937-1939 -- Upper Hurdcott and the brains trust 1940-1945 -- Canterbury and a gold medal 1945-1948 N2 - Childhood 1890-1905 -- Navy training 1906-1913 -- The war, a breakdown, and marriage 1914-1920 -- John Harrison and the marine chronometer -- Research and the first restorations 1920-1922 -- The magnum opus 1921-1923 -- Horology : the obsession -- H2 is restored 1923-1925 -- The sette of odd volumes -- Separation 1925-1927 -- Oddities and enigmas 1928-1929 -- The case for the sea serpent 1930 -- The RAS regulator 1927-1929 -- H3 is completed 1929-1931 -- H1 the full restoration 1931-1933 -- The Loch Ness monster 1933-1934 -- The Harrison timekeepers and the NMM 1934-1935 -- Professor Stewart, the BBC, and tennis 1936 -- Many projects 1936-1937 -- Leaving downside, leaving London 1937-1939 -- Upper Hurdcott and the brains trust 1940-1945 -- Canterbury and a gold medal 1945-1948 UR - https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz121248615inh.htm UR - http://www.gbv.de/dms/bsz/toc/bsz121248615inh.pdf UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0638/2006000426-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2006000426-b.html ER -