Genius, scandal and the first seaclocks

Desmond King-Hele

Nature, 1997, vol. 385, issue 6614, 309-310

Abstract: The Quest for Longitude Edited by William J. H. Andrews Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University: 1996. UK distributor: Plymbridge. Pp. 437. $75, £49.95 Longitude by Dava Sobel Fourth Estate: 1996. Published in the United States by Walker, $19(hbk); Penguin, $10.95 (pbk). Pp. 184. £12.99

Date: 1997
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