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Mr. Aebischer: I support Prof. Mendelson's recommendation of Dava Sobel's book, but it's title is "Longitude". Originally it was published as a hardbound book about the size of a pocket book, however there is a later edition that is richly illustrated and is larger in size. A&E (TV productions) have made 4-one-hour episodes of the trials and tribulations of John Harrison and of Rupert Gould, the 20th century restorer of the 4 Harrison timepieces. A&E sell the video. To the extent that I know the story (from other sources, as well as Sobel's book), I believe that the videos tell the story correctly. As a web site, you might wish to try the Royal Observatory at Greenwich (http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/index.html) David H. Gray, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., CLS Geodesy, Radio Positioning & Maritime Boundary Specialist Canadian Hydrographic Service 615 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0E6 [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: Prof. M H. Mendelson, QC [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 08:15 > To: Tullio Aebischer; [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: History of the First Meridian > > A good place to start is Dava Sobell "Meridian" - a short book which > explains quite a bit of this. Also, being Italian you will know that > Umberto Eco's novel "The Island of the Day Before" deals with this topic. > > For more scholarly works, no doubt others can enlighten you. (I am just an > international lawyer, not an historian). > > Regards, > > Maurice Mendelson > > At 10:54 AM 10/9/00 +0200, Tullio Aebischer wrote: > >Dear members, > > > >I am going to look for the history of the First > >Meridian located in Greenwich. > > > >I thank everybody can me give a good hit about this > >topic of cartograpy. > > > >Best regards > > > >Tullio Aebischer > > > >______________________________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Il tuo indirizzo gratis e per sempre @yahoo.it su http://mail.yahoo.it > > > > > Prof. M.H. Mendelson, QC > Faculty of Laws > University College London > 4 Endsleigh Gardens > LONDON > WCIH 0EG > ENGLAND. > > Tel. (+44) (0) 20 7679 1428 (direct 1446); fax (+44) (0) 20 7916 8539. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%