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The longitude prize
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The longitude prize
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The story of John Harrison, inventor of watches and clocks, who spent forty years working on a time-machine which could be used to accurately determine longitude at sea.
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Title
The longitude prize
Call No
BIOG HARRISON
Edition
1st ed.
Authors
Dash, Joan
Subjects
Harrison, John, 1693-1776. sears
Clocks and watches--Great Britain--Biography.
Inventors--Great Britain--Biography.
Clocks and watches--History.
Longitude--Measurement--History.
Language
English
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000.
Publication Desc
200 p. : ill. :
ISBN
0374346364
LCCN
97044257
Target Audience
5-8
6.2
Dimensions
21 cm.