Time Restored: The Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything
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Keeping busy Keeping busy
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Typewriters Typewriters
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Lecturing Lecturing
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Income Income
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Scientific Mysteries Scientific Mysteries
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The books The books
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Wide scope Wide scope
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Oddities Oddities
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Life at Downside Life at Downside
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The Sette of Odd Volumes The Sette of Odd Volumes
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Enigmas, Another Book of Unexplained Facts (1929) Enigmas, Another Book of Unexplained Facts (1929)
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11 Oddities and Enigmas 1928–1929
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Published:29 June 2006
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This chapter focuses on the period following Rupert's separation from his wife. Rupert had no choice but to remain at Ashtead, and live permanently with his mother, Dodo; he had no other home. Having lost his job his only income was now his tiny Navy pension, of which Muriel took over half in alimony and there were the huge costs of the court to pay, so no chance of affording a lease on his own home. In coming to terms with his situation, Horology was always a great consolation for Gould of course, and work on one of the great Harrison masterpieces, the regulator belonging to the RAS, began again almost immediately at Downside. Rupert also became interested in unsolved scientific mysteries, and during the first six years at Downside he wrote a series of exceptionally fine books on these subjects. The first, and perhaps the best known, of Gould's ‘mystery books’ was Oddities, released on 30 August 1928, and published by Philip Allen & Co.
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