Time Restored: The Harrison Timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the Man Who Knew Almost Everything - Hardcover

Betts, Jonathan

 
9780198568025: Time Restored: The Harrison Timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the Man Who Knew Almost Everything
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198568029 ISBN 13: 9780198568025
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR, 2006

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In this first-ever biography of Rupert Gould, Jonathan Betts, has given us a compelling account of a talented but flawed individual. Betts tells the story of how Gould's early life, his naval career, and his celebrity status came together as this talented Englishman restored part of Britain's--and the world's--most important technical heritage: John Harrison's marine timekeepers.

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Jonathan Betts
Royal Observatory
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich SE10 9NF
Jonathan Betts, Senior Curator of Horology at the Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, took the British Horological Institute finals in Technical Horology in 1975, and was awarded the Tremayne National Prize for Practical watchmaking. For the following five years he practiced as a self-employed Horology Conservator. In 1980 he was appointed Senior Horology Conservation Officer at the National Maritime Museum and in 1989 was presented the NMM's Callender award for his contribution to Horological Conservation. He was appointed Curator of Horology in 1990 and became Senior Curator in 2004.

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Verlag
OXFORD UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0198568029
ISBN 13 
9780198568025
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
464
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