Time restored (Record no. 221347)
| 000 -LEADER | |
|---|---|
| fixed length control field | 02242nam a22003614a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 681.1/18092 |
| -- | B |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Betts, Jonathan. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Time restored |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Oxford ; |
| -- | New York : |
| Name of publisher | Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum, |
| Year of publication | 2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xvi, 464 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. (some col.), map. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Chronometers. |
| Topical Term | Nautical instruments. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10194203 |
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