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Longitud / by Murray, Julie,1969-(CARDINAL)661881; Puchol, Maria,translator.(CARDINAL)354194;
"This title explains what length is and the different kinds of ways, like inches and yards, to measure it. It also gives everyday examples of things that can be measured in length"--- www.abdobooks.comLength -- Let's review! -- Glossary.Accelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Length measurement; Measurement; Medición de longitud; Medición;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Longitude. by Sobel, Dava.(CARDINAL)175638;
1320LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Harrison, John; Clock and watcher makers.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Longitude [videorecording] / by Burgon, Geoffrey.; Gambon, Michael.(CARDINAL)684233; Hart, Ian.; Irons, Jeremy,1948-(CARDINAL)809321; Sobel, Dava.(CARDINAL)175638; Sturridge, Charles.; A & E Home Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)218747; Arts and Entertainment Network.(CARDINAL)225081; Granada Films.; New Video Group.(CARDINAL)219113;
[Volume]1 -- [Volume]2. Director of photography, Peter Hannan; art directors, Matthew Robinson, James Foster, Ken Maguire; production design, Eileen Dis, Chris Lowe; editor, Peter Goulson; music, Geoffrey Burgon.Michael Gambon, Jeremy Irons, Ian Hart, Jonathan Coy, Christopher Hodsol, Peter Cartwright, John Nettleton, Gemma Jones.Originally broadcast on A&E in 2000.Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons stars in this sweeping adaption of Dava Sobel's best-selling book of high seas adventure and political intrigue. Determined to stop shipping losses on the oceans of the 18th century, Britain's Parliament offers a fabulous cash award to anyone who can devise a way to determine longitute at sea. Convinced he can solve the problem that has defeated England's best minds, rural clock maker John Harrison (Michael Gambon) begins an obsessive, 40-year struggle to claim the Longitude prize with his ingenious marine clock. 200 years later, naval officer Rupert Gould (Jeremy Irons) stumbles across Harrison's forgotten chronometers and devotes himself to restoring these long-neglected mechanical masterpieces.Not rated.DVD Dolby digital stereo.
Subjects: Adventure films.; Film adaptations.; Sobel, Dava; Sobel, Dava; Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Geographical positions; Historical films.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time / by Sobel, Dava.(CARDINAL)175638;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index.Describes the forty-year effort of John Harrison to invent the chronometer, the first instrument able to keep accurate time for navigational purposes.1310L1320LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Harrison, John, 1693-1776.; Longitude; Clock and watch makers;
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Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time / by Sobel, Dava.(CARDINAL)175638;
Includes bibliographical references and index.1310L1320LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Harrison, John, 1693-1776.; Astronomical clocks; Clock and watch makers; Horology.; Longitude;
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Longitude [sound recording] : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time by Sobel, Dava.(CARDINAL)175638; Reading, Kate.(CARDINAL)529959;
Read by Kate Reading.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. The scientific establishment of Europe--from Galileo to Sir Issac Newton--had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, 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 a dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and 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.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Longitude; Chronometers; Harrison, John, 1693-1776.; Clock and watch makers;
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Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time / by Sobel, Dava.(CARDINAL)175638;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index.Imaginary lines -- The sea before time -- Adrift in a clockwork universe -- Time in a bottle -- Powder of sympathy -- The prize -- Cogmarker's journal -- The grasshopper goes to sea -- Hands on heaven's clock -- The diamond timekeeper -- Trial by fire and water -- A tale of two portraits -- The second voyage of captain James Cook -- The mass production of genius -- In the meridian courtyard.The story of mariners' centuries-long search for ways of determining longitude that tells not only of the scientific advances but of the perseverance, pettiness, politics, & interesting anecdotes involved. Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest, and of John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking. Through Dava Sobel's consummate skill, Longitude will open a new window on our world for all who read it.1320LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Harrison, John, 1693-1776.; Longitude; Chronometers; Clock and watch makers; Clock and watch makers; Chronomètres; Horlogers;
Current Copyright Fee: GBP30.00
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Latitude & longitude by Williams, Brian,1943-(CARDINAL)504149;
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Latitud y longitud / by Aberg, Rebecca.(CARDINAL)673247;
Subjects: Latitude; Longitude;
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The illustrated longitude. by Sobel, Dava.(CARDINAL)175638;
Sobel, Dava. Andrewes, William J. H.To meet reader demand, here is an illustrated version of a universally acclaimed work published in 1995. 110 color and 73 b&w illustrations. Ties in to a PBS NOVA documentary airing in October1310L
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