Ɵ HOROLOGICAL REFERENCE WORKS MOSTLY RELATING TO MARINE TIME...

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Ɵ HOROLOGICAL REFERENCE WORKS MOSTLY RELATING TO MARINE TIMEKEEPINGELEVEN PUBLICATIONS:Mercer, Tony Mercer CHRONOMETERS Brant Wright Associates Limited, Ashford 1978, dj; Mercer, Tony Chronometer Makers of the World N.A.G. Press, Colchester 1991, dj; Gould, Rupert T. THE MARINE CHRONOMETER, ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT The Holland Press, London 1978, dj; Betts, Jonathan TIME RESTORED, The Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould the man who knew (almost) everything Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006, dj; Laycock, W.S. The Lost Science of John 'Longitude' Harrison Brant Wright Associates Limited, signed by the author, Ashford 1976; Sobel, Dava Longitude, The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Fourth Estate Limited, London 1995, dj; Quill, Colonel H.; Good, R., Miles, R.H.A, and others PIONEERS OF BRITISH TIMEKEEPING The Antiquarian Horological Society, Ramsgate undated, softbound; May, W.E. HOW THE CHRONOMETER WENT TO SEA The Antiquarian Horological Society, Ramsgate 1976, stapled spine; Quill, Colonel H. JOHN HARRISON COPLEY MEDALLIST and the £20,000 LONGITUDE PRIZE The Antiquarian Horological Society, Ticehurst 1976, stapled spine; Howse, Derek and Hutchinson, Beresford THE CLOCKS AND WATCHES OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK 1769-1969 The Antiquarian Horological Society, Ramsgate 1969, stapled spine; Wolfendale, Arnold (editor) HARRISON IN THE ABBEY The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, London 2006, softbound, and a copy of Asprey, John AN EXHIBITION OF MARINE CHRONOMETERS BY Asprey, MAY 9th - MAY 23rd 1979 Asprey and Company Limited, London 1979, stapled spine, (12).

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