Longitude - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Longitude write by Dava Sobel. This book was released on 2010-07-05. Longitude available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem." Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives and the increasing fortunes of nations hung on a resolution. One man, John Harrison, in complete opposition to the scientific community, dared to imagine a mechanical solution-a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had ever been able to do on land. Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking, and opens a new window on our world.
The Theory and Practice of Finding the Longitude at Sea Or Land
The Theory and Practice of Finding the Longitude at Sea Or Land - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Theory and Practice of Finding the Longitude at Sea Or Land write by Andrew Mackay. This book was released on 1793. The Theory and Practice of Finding the Longitude at Sea Or Land available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Determination of the Difference of Longitude Between Washington and Paris
Determination of the Difference of Longitude Between Washington and Paris - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Determination of the Difference of Longitude Between Washington and Paris write by United States Naval Observatory. This book was released on 1916. Determination of the Difference of Longitude Between Washington and Paris available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Latitude and Longitude
Latitude and Longitude - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Latitude and Longitude write by Rebecca Aberg. This book was released on 2003. Latitude and Longitude available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons - to all corners of the globe! With this series all about geography, emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the world...and right in their own backyards.
360 Degrees Longitude
360 Degrees Longitude - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 360 Degrees Longitude write by John Higham. This book was released on 2012-07-17. 360 Degrees Longitude available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Much more than a travel narrative 360 Degrees Longitude: One Family’s Journey Around the World is a glimpse at what it means to be a “global citizen”—a progressively changing view of the world as seen through the eyes of an American family of four. After more than a decade of planning, John Higham and his wife September bid their high-tech jobs and suburban lives good-bye, packed up their home and set out with two children, ages eight and eleven, to travel around the world. In the course of the next 52 weeks they crossed 24 time zones, visited 28 countries and experienced a lifetime of adventures. Making their way across the world, the Highams discovered more than just different foods and cultures; they also learned such diverse things as a Chilean mall isn’t the best place to get your ears pierced, and that elephants appreciate flowers just as much as the next person. But most importantly, they learned about each other, and just how much a family can weather if they do it together. 360 Degrees Longitude employs Google’s wildly popular Google Earth as a compliment to the narrative. Using your computer you can spin the digital globe to join the adventure cycling through Europe, feeling the cold stare of a pride of lions in Africa, and breaking down in the Andes. Packed with photos, video and text, the online Google Earth companion adds a dimension not possible with mere paper and ink. Fly over the terrain of the Inca Trail or drill down to see the majesty of the Swiss Alps—without leaving the comfort of your chair.
