Harrison Decoded

Harrison Decoded

Towards A Perfect Pendulum Clock

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Oxford University Press

05/2020

208

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Inglês

9780198816812

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1: Rory McEvoy: Introducing the precision pendulum clock 2: Andrew King: The origins of John Harrison's 'Pendulum-Clock' technology 3: William Andrewes: Introducing Martin Burgess, clockmaker 4: Donald Saff: Rescuing Martin Burgess's Clock B 5: Martin Burgess: Reflections on making clocks Harrison's way 6: Charles Frodsham et al: Completing Clock B 7: Jonathan Betts: Adjusting and testing Clock B at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich 8: Tom van Baak: Crunching the numbers: analysis of Clock B's performance at Greenwich 9: Mervyn Hobden: Decoding the Physical Theory of Harrison's Timekeepers 10: David Harrison: Analysis of the mechanisms for compensation in Clock B 11: Rory McEvoy: Update on Clock B