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Derek Howse (Author).

Derek Howse (Author). ISBN-13: 978-0192159489.

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The book covers the importance of longitude for navigation and traces the history of Greenwich Time, the basis of universal time-keeping. The book is co-published with the National Maritime Museum, where Derek Howse was the former Head of Navigation and Astronomy.

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Greenwich Time and the Discovery of the Longitude. xviii + 254 pages, 15 21 cm, illustrated, Oxford University Press, 1980. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2009. Export citation Request permission. Greenwich Time and the Longitude.