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"Harrison Decoded" by Rory McEvoy, Jonathan Betts is a physics book focused on Equipment & Methods. Best for students, educators, and scientifically curious readers.
Harrison Decoded: Towards a Perfect Pendulum Clock brings together the output of a forty-year collaborative research project that unpicked and put into practice the fine details of John Harrison's extraordinary pendulum clock system. Harrison predicted that his unique method of making pendulum clocks could provide as much as one-hundred-times the stability of those made by his contemporaries. However, his final publication, which promised to describe the system, was a chaotic jumble of information, much of which had nothing to do with clockwork. One contemporary reviewer of Harrison's book could only suggest that the end result was a product of Harrison's 'superannuated dotage.' The focus of this book centres on the making, adjusting, and testing of Clock B which was the subject of various trials at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The modern history of Clock B is accompanied by scientific analysis of the clock system, Clock B's performance, the methods of data-gathering alongside historical perspectives on Harrison's clockmaking, that of his contemporaries, and some evaluation of the possible influence of early 18th century scientific thought.
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"Harrison Decoded" by Rory McEvoy, Jonathan Betts is a physics book focused on Equipment & Methods. Best for students, educators, and scientifically curious readers.
Topic: Equipment & Methods
Author: Rory McEvoy, Jonathan Betts
Who this is for:
- Physics students
- Science-minded readers
- Readers building technical understanding
Why this book matters: It provides structured coverage of physics concepts in a way that supports deeper understanding and continued study.
Harrison Decoded: Towards a Perfect Pendulum Clock brings together the output of a forty-year collaborative research project that unpicked and put into practice the fine details of John Harrison's extraordinary pendulum clock system. Harrison predicted that his unique method of making pendulum clocks could provide as much as one-hundred-times the stability of those made by his contemporaries. However, his final publication, which promised to describe the system, was a chaotic jumble of information, much of which had nothing to do with clockwork. One contemporary reviewer of Harrison's book could only suggest that the end result was a product of Harrison's 'superannuated dotage.' The focus of this book centres on the making, adjusting, and testing of Clock B which was the subject of various trials at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The modern history of Clock B is accompanied by scientific analysis of the clock system, Clock B's performance, the methods of data-gathering alongside historical perspectives on Harrison's clockmaking, that of his contemporaries, and some evaluation of the possible influence of early 18th century scientific thought.
| Author | Rory McEvoy, Jonathan Betts |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
| Published | 2023-06-29 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780198892670 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Science |
| Topic | Equipment & Methods |
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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