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The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993
Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) (1996). The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University: Cambridge. ISBN 0-9644329-0-0. 437 pp.
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    Geographical coordinates > Longitude
    History
    Measurement
    Marine/Coastal
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  • Andrewes, W.J.H., editor
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  • Andrews, W.J.H. (1996). Indroduction, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 1-9, more
  • Knowles, J.R. (1996). Opening address at the Longitude Symposium, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 11-12, more
  • Cooke, A. (1996). La Salle: When ignorance was death, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 13-18, more
  • Landes, D.S. (1996). Finding the point at sea, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 19-30, more
  • Chandler, B. (1996). Mathematics, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 33-42, more
  • Mörzer Bruyns, W.F.J. (1996). Navigation, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 43-48, more
  • Thrower, N.J.W. (1996). Cartography, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 49-62, more
  • Mahoney, M.S. (1996). History of science, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 63-68, more
  • Stimson, A. (1996). The longitude problem: The navigator's story, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 71-84, more
  • Van Helden, A. (1996). Longitude and the satellites of Jupiter, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 85-100, more
  • Leopold, J.H. (1996). The longitude timekeepers of Christiaan Huygens, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 101-114, more
  • Turner, A.J. (1996). In the wake of the act, but mainly before, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 115-132, more
  • Gingerich, O. (1996). Cranks and opportunists: "Nutty" solutions to the longitude problem, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 133-148, more
  • Howse, D. (1996). The lunar-distance method of measuring longitude, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 149-162, more
  • King, A.L. (1996). John Harrison, clockmaker at Barrow; near Barton upon Humber; Lincolnshire': the wooden clocks, 1713-1730, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 167-187, more
  • Andrews, W.J.H. (1996). Even Newton could be wrong: The story of Harrison's first three sea clocks, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 189-234, more
  • Randall, A.G. (1996). The timekeeper that won the longitude prize, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 235-254, more
  • Burgess, M. (1996). The scandalous neglect of Harrison's regulator science, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 255-278, more
  • Cardinal, C. (1996). Ferdinand Berthoud and Pierre Le Roy: judgement in the twentieth century of a quarrel dating from the eighteenth century, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 281-292, more
  • Penney, D. (1996). Thomas Mudge and the longitude: A reason to excel, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 293-310, more
  • Betts, J. (1996). Arnold and Earnshaw: the practicable solution, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 311-328, more
  • Cheney, R.C. (1996). Lecture introduction: James Arthur: Pioneer Collector and Benefactor, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 331-337, more
  • Daniels, G. (1996). Watchmaking in the twenty-first century: The renaissance of the mechanic, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 339-348, more
  • Andrews, W.J.H.; Murshel (1996). Translations of the earliest documents describing the principal methods used to find longitude at sea, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 376-392, more
  • Andrews, W.J.H. (1996). Finding local time at sea, and the instruments employed, in: Andrewes, W.J.H. (Ed.) The quest for longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993. pp. 394-404, more
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