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Dava Sobel - Longitude - Audio Cassette - 1996 - NEW - SEALED - UK FREEPOST

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Item specifics

Condition
Like New: A book that has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust ...
Personalised
No
Signed By
Unsigned
Book Title
Longitude
Signed
No
Book Series
Earth Science
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Non-Fiction
MPN
HCA 483
Original Language
English
Intended Audience
Ages 9-12, Young Adults, Adults
Inscribed
No
Edition
First Edition
Vintage
No
Features
Cassette, Read By - David Rintoul, 1st Edition
Genre
Geography, Mathematics & Sciences
Time Period Manufactured
1990-1999
Topic
Earth Sciences, Technology
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Personalise
No
ISBN
9780001053373
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Format
Cassette
Language
English
Subject Area
Biographies & True Stories
Publication Name
Longitude
Item Height
139 mm
Author
Dava Sobel
Publisher
HarperCollins
Subject
Engineering & Technology
Item Weight
118 g
Item Width
106 mm

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Product Information

Anyone alive in the 18th 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. The quest for a solution had occupied scientists, and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in 1714, England's Parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom to anyone whose method or device proved successful. The scientific establishment throughout Europe had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution - a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had been able to do on land. This work tells the story of this epic scientific quest, and of Harrison's 40-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. It also provides a brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-13
9780001053373
eBay Product ID (ePID)
89343600

Product Key Features

Publication Name
Longitude
Language
English
Subject
Engineering & Technology
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Author
Dava Sobel
Subject Area
Biographies & True Stories
Format
Cassette

Dimensions

Item Height
139 mm
Item Weight
118 g
Item Width
106 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Title_Author
Dava Sobel
Run Time
180 Mins

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