Longitude (book)
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longitude-book-274-18474281
title:
Longitude (book)
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time is a 1995 best-selling book by Dava Sobel about John Harrison, an 18th-century clockmaker who created the first clock (chronometer) sufficiently accurate to be used to determine longitude at sea—an important development in navigation. The book was made into a television series entitled Longitude. In 1998, The Illustrated Longitude was published, supplementing the earlier text with 180 images of char
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1995 popular science book
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_(book)
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2023-10-27T13:16:37Z
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