The illustrated longitude
Sobel, Dava1998
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This is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest - the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude, and the unlikely triumph of an English genius.
Main title:
The illustrated longitude / Dava Sobel and William J. H. Andrewes.
Imprint:
London : Fourth Estate, 1998.
Collation:
[vii], 216p. : ill. (chiefly col.), facsims., maps (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 214) and index.
ISBN:
9781857027143 (hbk)
Dewey class:
526.62681.118
Language:
English
BRN:
598466
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