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100 1 $aSobel, Dava.
245 10 $aLongitude :$bthe true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time /$cDava Sobel.
260 $aOxford :$bISIS Pub.,$c1997.
300 $a163 pages (large print) ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 155-157) and index.
520 $aAnyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--and had been for centuries. The scientific establishment of Europe--from Galileo to Sir Issac Newton--had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution--a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had ever been able to do on land. Longitude is a dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking, and opens a new window on our world.
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600 10 $aHarrison, John,$d1693-1776.
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