The Diamond Pallets of John Harrison's Fourth Longitude Timekeeper - H4.
John Harrison (1693-1776) is regarded as the father of chronometry. During his lifetime, he relentlessly pursued one of humankind's greatest and oldest challenges - that of finding the longitude at sea. In succeeding (according to the rules dictated by an Act of Parliament), he bequeathed to humanki...
| Publicado en: | Annals of Science Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 171 - 201 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr2008
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