Time restored: the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything

Biography of the polymath, Lt Cmdr Rupert T. Gould (1890-1948), the man who, in the 1920s, restored the great eighteenth century marine timekeepers by JohnHarrison to their former glory. With his encyclopaedic knowledge, he studied and wrote on subjects as varied as scientific mysteries (e.g. The Loch Ness Monster) and horology (timekeeping). INDICE: 0: Introduction: Rupert T Gould; 1: Childhood 1890-1905; 2: Navy Training 1906-1913; 3: The War, a Breakdown and Marriage 1914-1920; 4: John Harrison and The Marine Chronometer; 5: Research and the First Restorations 1920-1922; 6: The Magnum Opus 1921-1923; 7: Horology: the Obsession; 8: H2 is Restored 1923-1925; 9: The Sette of Odd Volumes; 10: Separation 1925-1927; 11: Oddities and Enigmas 1928-1929; 12: The Case for the Sea Serpent 1930; 13: The R.A.S. Regulator 1927-1929; 14: H3 is completed 1929-1931; 15: H1: the full restoration 1931-1933; 16: The Loch Ness Monster 1933-1934; 17: The Harrison Timekeepers and the NMM 1934-1935; 18: Professor Stewart, The BBC & Tennis 1936; 19:Many projects 1936-1937; 20: Leaving Downside and leaving London 1937-1939; 21: Upper Hurdcott and the Brain's Trust 1940-1945; 22: Canterbury and a Gold Medal 1943 -1948; Appendices

• ISBN: 978-0-19-960671-9
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 480
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés