Ships, clocks, and stars / Richard Dunn & Rebekah Higgitt ; foreword by Astronomer Royal Martin Rees.

Offers an illustrated look at the heated competition to discover a method of determining a ship's longitude at sea after the British government passed the 1714 Longitude act, which established a sizable prize for developing a practical method of doing so.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dunn, Richard, 1966- (Author)
Higgitt, Rebekah (Author)
Rees, Martin J., 1942- (Author)
Corporate Authors: National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) (Host institution)
Royal Museums Greenwich (Issuing body)
United Technologies Corporation (sponsoring body of exhibition.)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Greenwich, London : Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers ; [Published] in association with Royal Museums Greenwich, 2014.
Subjects:
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) > Exhibitions.
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)
Longitude > Measurement > History > Exhibitions.
Nautical astronomy > History > Exhibitions.
Navigation > History > Exhibitions.
Discoveries in science > Great Britain > History > Exhibitions.
Discoveries in science.
Longitude > Measurement.
Nautical astronomy.
Navigation.
Great Britain.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Physical Description:255 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 33 cm
Variant Title:
Quest for longitude.
Format: Book

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