Marine Chronometers at Greenwich: A Catalogue of Marine Chronometers at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

Between 1980 and 2015 he served as Senior Horology Conservator and Senior Curator of Horology at the Royal Observatory (National Maritime Museum). In 2012, he was awarded an MBE 'for Services to Horology'.. Following school he studied Technical Horology for three years at Hackney College in East London (winning the national prize for practical work) after which he ran his own horological conservation business for five years in Ipswich. During that period, in his own time he has also undertaken the role of Horological Adviser to a number of major heritage organisations, including the National Trust, The Wallace Collection and the Harris (Belmont) Charity. About the AuthorJonathan Betts, Curator

The Marine Chronometers at Greenwich is the fifth, and largest, of the distinguished series of catalogues of instruments in the collections of the National Maritime Museum. A comprehensive Glossary and Bibliography are included to ensure any technicalities are explained and that the reader has suggestions for useful 'further reading'. Over 480 photographs and illustrations, including many fine macro-photographs and line drawings, illustrate the 'jewel-like' beauty of the chronometer's construction and explain the function and subtleties of its mechanism.A chapter on 'How the Chronometer was Made', describes the fine sub-division of labour used to create these special machines, from bare metal, right up to delivery on board ship, and brief biographies of the makers tell the human story behind this important nineteenth-century industry. Another chapter, 'The E

During that period, in his own time he has also undertaken the role of Horological Adviser to a number of major heritage organisations, including the National Trust, The Wallace Collection and the Harris (Belmont) Charity. Following school he studied Technical Horology for three years at Hackney College in East London (winning the national prize for practical work) after which he ran his own horological