File WAR/03/011 - Horological lectures and notes, and a chronological list of "Landmarks in the History of Greenwich Mean Time"

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WAR/03/011

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Horological lectures and notes, and a chronological list of "Landmarks in the History of Greenwich Mean Time"

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  • 1966–1968 (Creation)

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1 folder of loose papers

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Ward, Frank
(1905–1990)

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Antiquarian Horological Society

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Mostly typescript, one handwritten. Lectures include "Physics in Time Measurement"; "Bells and Bell Founding" by Douglas Hughes; "Captain Cook's Timekeepers" and "The Clocks of Greenwich Observatory 1675–1930" by Lt. Cdr. H. D. Howse; and two untitled ones. Also includes a description of sidereal clock made by John Shelton.

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      English

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      ward-frank.pdf

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