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Greenwich Time: And the Discovery of the Longitude by Derek Howse

Greenwich Time: And the Discovery of the Longitude by Derek Howse lands on the shelves of my shop, where it will be found in my Horology section.

Oxford, New York, Toronto & Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1980, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Contains: Black & white photographs; Facsimiles; Diagrams; Maps; Tables;

From the cover: This is the story of Greenwich Time, from 1676 when it began to be…