The longitude prize / Joan Dash, pictures by Dusan Petricic.
By: Dash, Joan.
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BookPublisher: Basel ; New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2000Edition: 1st ed.Description: 200 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0374346364.Subject(s): Chronometers -- History -- Juvenile literature | Longitude -- Measurement -- History -- Juvenile literature | Harrison, John, 1693-1776 -- Juvenile literature | Clocks and watch makers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Harrison, John, 1693-1776 | Clocks and watches | InventorsDDC classification: 681.1/1/092 | B Summary: 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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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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