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The Illustrated Longitude
by Dava Sobel • William J.H. Andrewes
- HISTORY
- 2003
- PAPER
- 256 PAGES
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An elegant extended essay on the historically vexing problem of determining longitude and the solution developed by master clockmaker John Harrison. It's a captivating story of marine chronometers, Byzantine 18th-century British politics, and the age of sail. This edition features hundreds of drawings, photographs and illustrations of peoples, places and -- most significantly -- of the chronometers themselves.
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Longitude, The Time-Spanning High Seas Epic
by A & E
- SCIENCE
- 2000
- DVD
A film adaptation of Dava Sobel's prize-winning tale starring Michael Gambon and Jeremy Irons. (OCE104, $39.95)
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