DAVA SOBEL
LONGITUDE: BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN HARRISON
OUTLINE
Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. In 1714, Parliament offered £20,000 to anyone who could solve the problem. One man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution.
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‘Sobel has done the impossible and made horology sexy – no mean feat’ New Scientist.
Here’s a swell little book that tells an amazing story that is largely forgotten today but that deserves to be remembered. It is the story of the problem of navigation at sea--which plagued ocean-going mariners for centuries--and how it was finally solved. - Los Anglese Times.
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