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Howse, Derek.

Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude / Derek Howse. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1980. - xviii, 254 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [232]-234.

ISBN: 0192159488 : £5.95 9780192159489 : £7.95

LCCN: 79040052

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Royal Greenwich Observatory--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Time--Systems and standards
Longitude.
Time measurements--History
Longitude--Measurement--History
Other manufacturing technologies

Subjects--Index Terms: Time Measurement Role of Royal Greenwich Observatory, to 1978 Longitude Measurement Role of Royal Greenwich Observatory, to 1978

Dewey Class. No.: 529.75