Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
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ISBN: 0140258795 / Publisher: Penguin Books, October 1996
Describes the forty-year effort of John Harrison to invent the chronometer, the first instrument able to keep accurate time for navigational purposes
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An award-winning science journalist traces the development of the marine chronometer by an obscure, uneducated clock maker--an invention that revolutionized sailing by allowing navigators to determine their ship's longitude. Reprint. Tour.
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