ANALYTIC
Title:
A longitude timekeeper by Isaac Thuret with the balance spring invented by Christiaan Huygens
Parent:
Annals of science, v.56, no.4
Publication:
London], 1999.
Call #:
509.05 An7, v.56, no.4
Extent:
p. [379]-394. : ill., facsims. ; 25 cm.
BOOK
Title:
John Harrison and his timekeepers
Creators:
Gould, Rupert Thomas, 1890-1948 | National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)
Publication:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich [London], 1958.
Extent:
22 p. : illus., port. ; octavo.
BOOK
Title:
A narrative of the proceedings relative to the discovery of the longitude at sea, by Mr. John Harrison's timekeeper: subsequent to those published in the year 1763
Creators:
Short, James, 1710-1768 | Harrison, John, 1693-1776
Publication:
Printed for the author, and sold by Mr. Sandby, London, 1765.
Notes:
Half-title: A narrative of the proceedings, &c. concerning the longitude. Attributed to James Short; cf. Clockmaker's library. Signatures: [A] B-C D. Microfilm of original in New York Public Library.
BOOK
Title:
The birth of scientific navigation: the solving in the 18th century of the problem of finding longitude at sea
Publication:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, [1974]
Notes:
Cover title: The birth of navigational science. Includes bibliographical references.
Extent:
vii, 25, [20] p. : ports., illus., facsims. ; 30 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Voyage fait par ordre du roi en 1750 et 1751: dans l'Amérique septentrionale, pour rectifier les cartes des côtes de l'Acadie, de l'Isle Royale & de Terre-neuve; et pour en fixer les principaux points par des observations astronomiques
Creators:
Chabert, Joseph Bernardmarquis de, 1724-1805 | Académie des sciences (France)
Publication:
Imprimerie Royale, Paris, 1753.
Notes:
Title vignette. Note in W.T.F.'s hand on first blank page "À Mr. Franklin de la part de l'Auteur. Jan. 17, 1785."
Extent:
288 p. : pl. maps ; quarto.
Title:
Tableau de l'Amerique: cette partie du monde sut découverte en 1492, par Christophe Colomb, Génois,et en 1497, par Americ Vespuce, Florentin
Publication:
publisher not identified], Paris], [1770?]
Notes:
Orientation: 8 lines of text at top, 2 large columns below, each divided into 9 sub-columns. Lists land (places) in North and South America including demographics, latitudes and longitudes, climate, capital cities, cultural norms and mannerisms, distances to Paris, etc. Includes countries, islands, states and provinces. "[Slatkesie] 4/77, Geneve".
Extent:
1 sheet ; 70 x 50 cm, plate mark 714 x 510 mm, on sheet 81 x 58 cm