Longitude Illustrated Edition

By Dava Sobel

Format:Softcover

Sobel, Dava and Andrewes William J.H. The Illustrated Longitude. First Edition. London, Fourth Estate Limited, 1998. 23.5cm x 26cm. 216 pages with 178 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes for example: Imaginary Lines/ The Sea before Time/ Adrift in a Clockwork Universe/ Time in a Bottle/ Powder of Sympathy/ The Prize/ Cogmaker'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/

Science, Technology & Nature
224 pages • Softcover
First published 1998

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