The longitude prize / [by] Joan Dash ; pictures by Dusan Petricic.
by Dash, Joan; Petricic, Dusan [ill.].
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : Farrar, 2000Description: 200 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0374346364.Subject(s): Harrison, John, 1693-1776 | Clocks and watches | Longitude | Inventors -- BiographyDDC 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.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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