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Quest for Longitude The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993
by Andrewes, William, Andrewes, William, Cooke, Alistair
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- Comments: First American Edition. The Quest for Longitude is a book for students and for teachers, for collectors and for scholars, and for the thousands of people who, having enjoyed Sobel's Longitude, desire a well-illustrated reference that describes in detail the many fascinating devices and the intriguing characters who, by solving the ancient problem of finding longitude at sea, changed the world forever. 250 illustrations, 120 in color.
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- ISBN-13: 9780964432901
- ISBN: 0964432900
- Publisher: Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
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"In 'The Quest for Longitude,'...we are given the details, presented in splendid scholarly proceedings of the symposium, with its introductory and concluding speeches (including an entertaining contribution by the broadcaster Alistair Cooke), notes on the organization of the meeting, an extensive bibliography and a detailed index."Andrewes, William is the author of 'Quest for Longitude The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993' with ISBN 9780964432901 and ISBN 0964432900.
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