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Description: ISBN 0007214227 / Author: Dava Sobel / Genre: History Newest Review: ... had thought of a pattern of lines - latitudes and longitudes - that could help to determine any given spot on the surface of ... more |
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greates
Pages: 208, Edition: Reprint, Paperback, Walker & Company - Books ... |
£ 6,54 |
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Format: Paperback, Publisher: Amber Lane Press Ltd(23-Feb-2006),
Pages: 99, Paperback, Amber Lane Press Ltd - Books/Subjects/Poetr ... |
£ 8,99 |
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by MALU - written on 07.01.07 (Very useful, 339 readings)
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Do you know where John Harrison is buried? I do, because I’ve been to his grave, twice even, the last two times I was in London with students I booked a tour through Hampstead with London Walks and the guide showed us Harrison’s grave in the churchyard of St John’s Church. I see you frowning and scratching your heads: John Harrison? To be honest, when I saw the name on the tombstone, I didn’t know who that was, either, and when the guide mentioned that that man had solved the longitude problem, I wasn’t much wiser. The guide didn’t dwell on the subject and only after reading the book Longitude by Dana Sobel, I understood that I had paid homage to a genius. The ...
by vikil - written on 21.07.00 (Very useful, 335 readings)
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First lets set things straight. Chronometer, the wondrous instrument which changed seafaring for ever is basically a pocket watch. It might have been a very accurate pocket watch for it’s time and undoubtedly the first John Harrison’s pocket chronometer was a work of genius but it is still only a clock. I am not trying to underestimate here the significance of its contribution to the history of navigation but it seems that esteem for the figure of Harrison as well as for the book about him got a bit out of hand. Dava Sovel is a good narrator. Her book starts with a clearly written and concise background to the longitude problem. This was the basic ...
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