Longitude

ISBN: 9780007790166
Author: Dava Sobel
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The 'longitude problem' was the thorniest dilemma of the eighteenth century: without the ability to measure it sailors throughout the ages had been literally lost at sea. With £20 000 at stake, it became a web of political intrigue and intellectual brilliance, of personal ambition and foul play. And at its very heart stood John Harrision, a self-taught Yorkshire clockmaker, who battled the establishment in his quest to make the perfect time keeper and scoop the spoils.

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