Time restored : the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything / Jonathan Betts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Betts, Jonathan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gould, R. T. (Rupert Thomas), 1890-1948.

Gould, R. T.

Chronometers.

Nautical instruments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (499 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biography of the polymath, Lt Cmdr Rupert T. Gould (1890-1948), the man who, in the 1920's, restored the great eighteenth century marine timekeepers by John Harrison to their former glory. With his encyclopaedic knowledge, he studied and wrote on subjects as varied as scientific mysteries (e.g. The Loch Ness Monster) and horology (timekeeping). - ;This is the story of Rupert T. Gould (1890-1948), the polymath and horologist. A remarkable man, Lt Cmdr Gould made important contributions in an extraordinary range of subject areas throughout his relatively short and dramatically troubled life. From

Contents:

Childhood 1890-1905

Navy training 1906-1913

The war, a breakdown, and marriage 1914-1920

John Harrison and the marine chronometer

Research and the first restorations 1920-1922

The magnum opus 1921-1923

Horology : the obsession

H2 is restored 1923-1925

The sette of odd volumes

Separation 1925-1927

Oddities and enigmas 1928-1929

The case for the sea serpent 1930

The RAS regulator 1927-1929

H3 is completed 1929-1931

H1 the full restoration 1931-1933

The Loch Ness monster 1933-1934

The Harrison timekeepers and the NMM 1934-1935

Professor Stewart, the BBC, and tennis 1936

Many projects 1936-1937

Leaving downside, leaving London 1937-1939

Upper Hurdcott and the brains trust 1940-1945

Canterbury and a gold medal 1945-1948.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-400) and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-162084-X

0-19-960671-4

9786611160289

1-281-16028-8

0-19-152446-8

OCLC:

252689487