Longitude
Registered by stoatonstilts on 7/7/2006
4 journalers for this copy...
The amazing story of John Harrison - master horologist and winner of the race to build a reliable sea-going clock. In true Dava Sobel style she makes science interesting, even fascinating. An engaging read and and an enjoyable biography of the first man to conquer the difficulties of making time travel!
Journal Entry 2 by stoatonstilts at Leeds Meet @ The Victoria in Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, July 11, 2006
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To be relased at this evening's Leeds meet-up.
To be relased at this evening's Leeds meet-up.
Journal Entry 3 by stoatonstilts at Leeds Meet @ The Victoria in Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (7/11/2006 UTC) at Leeds Meet @ The Victoria in Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom
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RELEASE NOTES:
To be released this evening at the Leeds meet-up
To be released this evening at the Leeds meet-up
Have been eying up this book for a while - looks very interesting. I may not get to it for a little while as I'm trying to get through my TBR shelf in order, but who knows, it may jump the queue!
Journal Entry 5 by Mai-day at The Golden Lion in York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, November 26, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (11/28/2006 UTC) at The Golden Lion in York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom
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Actually given to a friend at work.
This was a really interesting little book. As much about the internal politics within the board of longitude which kept John Harrison from rightfully claiming his prize for years as it was the process of inventing the famous clocks. Though the style was very dispassionate and factual one still got a sense of the great injustices perpetrated towards Harrison.
Going to release it at the next York Meetup.
Going to release it at the next York Meetup.
Snaffled at the April meet. I'm looking forward to this, having been entranced by the TV programme a few years ago.
Journal Entry 8 by MoonDark at Monthly BookCrossing Meet Up in York in York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Released 11 yrs ago (8/28/2012 UTC) at Monthly BookCrossing Meet Up in York in York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom
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Another one I have just found after dragging everything out of boxes to put on our new bookshelves. Apologies for hanging on to it for so long - hopefully it'll have better luck with the next person who won't be such a Bad Bad Bookcrosser!
Journal Entry 9 by Chuggypig at Stonegate Yard Bar in York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, October 20, 2012
Released 11 yrs ago (10/20/2012 UTC) at Stonegate Yard Bar in York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom
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I like Dava Sobel. I enjoyed "The Planets" and this is another good story about solving the problem of longitude. Sobel roots for the underdog and gets you caring about the people in the story.
To be released at the York 100th Bookcrossing Meetup.
To be released at the York 100th Bookcrossing Meetup.
