Dava Sobel LONGITUDE Signed Slipcased Limited Edition
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Dava Sobel LONGITUDE Signed Slipcased Limited Edition
Limited edition slipcased hardback of LONGITUDE (The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time) by Dava Sobel and published by Fourth Estate in 1999. Signed by Sobel on the title page. Number 830 out of 2000 copies printed. Numberline is: 17 19 20 18The book is in fine condition (purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine) with no significant wear. The book is in a fine unclipped dust jacket and slipcase neither of which have any wear to speak of. Internally the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears or other inscriptions.
Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the dayand 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, dared to imagine a mechanical solution - clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had ever been able to do on land.
184 pages including Sources and Index
ISBN: 1841151637
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