Time restored
Subtitle: the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything
By: Jonathan Betts.
Publisher: Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780198568025
Subjects: Gould, Rupert Thomas, -- 1890-1948.; Chronometers.; Nautical instruments.
Description: This is the biography of the polymath, R.T. Gould, the man who in the 1920s, restored the great 18th 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 and horology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-400) and index.
Table of contents: title: Childhood 1890-1905; title: Navy training 1906-1913; title: The war, a breakdown, and marriage 1914-1920; title: John Harrison and the marine chronometer; title: Research and the first restorations 1920-1922; title: The magnum opus 1921-1923; title: Horology : the obsession; title: H2 is restored 1923-1925; title: The sette of odd volumes; title: Separation 1925-1927; title: Oddities and enigmas 1928-1929; title: The case for the sea serpent 1930; title: The RAS regulator 1927-1929; title: H3 is completed 1929-1931; title: H1 the full restoration 1931-1933; title: The Loch Ness monster 1933-1934; title: The Harrison timekeepers and the NMM 1934-1935; title: Professor Stewart, the BBC, and tennis 1936; title: Many projects 1936-1937; title: Leaving downside, leaving London 1937-1939; title: Upper Hurdcott and the brains trust 1940-1945; title: Canterbury and a gold medal 1945-1948.