Paperback, 224 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2003 by Walker & Company.
The Illustrated Longitude
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An illustrated version of Dava Sobel's story about how John Harrison invented a clock that kept accurate time at sea, thereby creating a way to measure the longitude of ships.
Subjects
- Navigation
- Scientific Instruments
- Longitude
- Clock and watch makers
- Science
- Science/Mathematics
- Measurement
- History
- Science / History
- Chronometers
- Biography
- Great Britain