An edition of Longitude (1995)

Longitude

the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time

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An edition of Longitude (1995)

Longitude

the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time

  • 4.19 ·
  • 16 Ratings
  • 51 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 19 Have read

The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem."

Anyone 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. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives and the increasing fortunes of nations hung on a resolution. One man, John Harrison, in complete opposition to the scientific community, 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 the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of 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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RB Large Print
Language
English
Pages
176

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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
October 30, 2007, Walker & Company
Paperback in English - Reprint edition
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
September 15, 2005, Walker & Company
Hardcover in English
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Longitude
July 1999, ISIS Large Print Books
Paperback in English - Large Print Ed edition
Cover of: The illustrated longitude
The illustrated longitude
1998, Walker, Walker & Company
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Längengrad
May 1, 1998, btb
Paperback in German
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Prince Frederick, Md

Edition Notes

Originally published: New York : Walker, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-176).

Genre
Biography.

The Physical Object

Format
Text (large print)
Pagination
ix, 176 p. (large print)
Number of pages
176

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23095040M
ISBN 10
1402566204
Goodreads
2135058

First Sentence

"Once on a Wednesday excursion when I was a little girl, my father bought me a beaded wire ball that I loved."

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