John Harrison, Copley medallist and the £20,000 longitude prize
1976, First Edition. [Ticehurst] : Antiquarian Horological Society. Very good saddle-stapled copy in printed wrappers, now slightly dust-dulled and rubbed. Text edges faintly foxed. Well-preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Item #477006
Series; Monographs / Antiquarian Horological Society ; no. 11. Physical description; iv, 26 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 25 cm. Notes; Originally published in "Notes and Records of the Royal Society" (Vol. 18, no. 2, December 1963), now published in amended form. Line drawings by David Penney. Subjects; Harrison, John (1693-1776) – Biography. Longitude – Measurement – History – 18th century.
Price: €21.95