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Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything Jonathan Betts Senior Specialist, Horology Royal Observatory National Maritime Museum, Greenwich 1 NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM 3 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © National Maritime Museum 2006 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose the same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Betts, Jonathan. Time restored : the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything / Jonathan Betts. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978–0–19–856802–5 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0–19–856802–9 (alk. paper) 1. Gould, Rupert Thomas, 1890–1948. 2. Chronometers. 3. Nautical instruments. I. Title. TS544.8.G68B48 2006 681.1(cid:1)18092—dc22 2006000426 Typeset by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India Printed in Great Britain on acid-free paper by Biddles Ltd., King’s Lynn ISBN 0–19–856802–9 978–0–19–856802–5 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 F This page intentionally left blank Contents Preface and Acknowledgements ix Introduction: Rupert T. Gould 1 1. Childhood 1890–1905 6 2. Navy Training 1906–1913 28 3. The War, a Breakdown, and Marriage 1914–1920 57 4. John Harrison and the Marine Chronometer 81 5. Research and the First Restorations 1920–1922 104 6. The Magnum Opus 1921–1923 117 7. Horology: The Obsession 127 8. H2 is Restored 1923–1925 135 9. The Sette of Odd Volumes 147 10. Separation 1925–1927 164 11. Oddities and Enigmas 1928–1929 186 12. The Case for the Sea Serpent 1930 201 13. The RAS Regulator 1927–1929 208 14. H3 is Completed 1929–1931 221 15. H1 the Full Restoration 1931–1933 235 16. The Loch Ness Monster 1933–1934 249 17. The Harrison Timekeepers and the NMM 1934–1935 262 18. Professor Stewart, the BBC, and Tennis 1936 272 19. Many Projects 1936–1937 288 20. Leaving Downside, Leaving London 1937–1939 309 21. Upper Hurdcott and The Brains Trust 1940–1945 321 22. Canterbury and a Gold Medal 1945–1948 343 References and Notes 361 A .Gould Bibliography 389 A .Recommended Reading 398 A .Summary of contents of the Harrison Notebooks and the later work 401 viii Contents A .Summary and comment on Odditiesand Enigmas 406 A .The Affair of the Queen’s watch 430 A .Glossary of Horological Terms 442 Index 447 Front end paper: Associated places in Britain Back end paper: Rupert Gould’s family tree
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