In the first full-length history of the Board of Longitude, a distinguished team of historians analyse one of Georgian Britain's key scientific institutions. Utilizing the Board's archives, they shed light on state sponsorship of technological innovation, colonial projects and exploration at a time of dramatic industrial and imperial expansion.
In the first full-length history of the Board of Longitude, a distinguished team of historians analyse one of Georgian Britain's key scientific institutions. Utilizing the Board's archives, they shed light on state sponsorship of technological innovation, colonial projects and exploration at a time of dramatic industrial and imperial expansion.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Alexi Baker operates the History of Science and Technology collection at Yale University's Peabody Museum.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. Sailing the oceans and seeking longitude before 1714 3. Launching the eighteenth-century search for the longitude 4. The early commissioners in transition 5. The birth of the Board of Longitude 6. Time trials: the Board of Longitude and the watchmaking trade, 1770-1821 7. Manufacturing the Nautical Almanac 8. Managing, communicating and judging longitude after Harrison, 1774-c.1800 9. A practical institution weighed down by impractical proposals? 10. What is an observatory? From the metropolis to the Cape 11. The death and rebirth of the Board of Longitude Appendix 1: The 1714 Longitude Act Appendix 2: The Board of Longitude finances Appendix 3: Payments from the Board of Longitude to John Harrison.
1. Introduction 2. Sailing the oceans and seeking longitude before 1714 3. Launching the eighteenth-century search for the longitude 4. The early commissioners in transition 5. The birth of the Board of Longitude 6. Time trials: the Board of Longitude and the watchmaking trade, 1770-1821 7. Manufacturing the Nautical Almanac 8. Managing, communicating and judging longitude after Harrison, 1774-c.1800 9. A practical institution weighed down by impractical proposals? 10. What is an observatory? From the metropolis to the Cape 11. The death and rebirth of the Board of Longitude Appendix 1: The 1714 Longitude Act Appendix 2: The Board of Longitude finances Appendix 3: Payments from the Board of Longitude to John Harrison.
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