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Before the American Revolution John Harrison sought to solve the riddle of accurately finding one's location at sea. His course takes some interesting twists and turns.
Of course you can order the book from Amazon.com by clicking on the image
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You may have seen the A and E presentation of the movie Longitude.
The book that inspired this fine movie is
Longitude : The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel.
Before the American Revolution John Harrison sought to solve the riddle of accurately finding one's location at sea. His course takes some interesting twists and turns. Of course you can order the book from Amazon.com by clicking on the image |
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