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John Harrison : the man who found longitude
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Year: 1966 Publisher: London John Baker Publishers Ltd.

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[Accounting of money collected from Sir John Harrison, knight, by Edmond Turner, deputy, for Sir John Wolstenhome and others, and accounted by Richard Mounteney, general cashier]
Year: 1663 Publisher: [1663-1666]

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The illustrated longitude
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ISBN: 1857027140 1841152331 Year: 1998 Publisher: London : Fourth Estate,

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Longitude : l'histoire vraie du génie solitaire qui résolut le plus grand problème scientifique de son temps
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ISBN: 2020338580 2709617439 9782020338585 Year: 1996 Volume: S126 Publisher: Paris : J.-C. Lattès,


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In Senate of the United States, February 23, 1831. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hayne made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of John H. Harrison, praying to be released from a judgment obtained against him as one of the sureties of Francis Adams, report ...
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Year: 1831 Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified],

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The longitude prize
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ISBN: 0374346364 Year: 2000 Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux,

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The story of John Harrison, inventor of watches and clocks, who spent forty years working on a time-machine which could be used to accurately determine longitude at sea.

The quest for longitude
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ISBN: 0964432900 9780964432901 Year: 1998 Publisher: Cambridge (Mass.) : Harvard university,

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Horology --- Longitude --- History --- Congresses. --- Measurement --- Manufacturing technologies --- Geodesy. Cartography --- Harrison, John --- Harrison, John, --- 094:528 --- 527 <09> --- 528.221 --- 681.11 --- 912 <063> --- 094:681 --- -Longitude --- -Degrees of longitude --- Distances --- Geodetic astronomy --- Geographical positions --- Meridians (Geodesy) --- Hours (Time) --- Time measurements --- Time --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Geodesy. Surveying. Photogrammetry. Cartography --- Nautical and aeronautical astronomy. Navigation--Geschiedenis van ... --- Geometric (static) methods. Use of longitudinal and latitudinal measurements --- Horology. Watch and clock making --- Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Congressen --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Precision mechanisms and instruments --- -Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Geodesy. Surveying. Photogrammetry. Cartography --- 094:681 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Precision mechanisms and instruments --- 681.11 Horology. Watch and clock making --- 528.221 Geometric (static) methods. Use of longitudinal and latitudinal measurements --- 527 <09> Nautical and aeronautical astronomy. Navigation--Geschiedenis van ... --- 094:528 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Geodesy. Surveying. Photogrammetry. Cartography --- -681.11 Horology. Watch and clock making --- Degrees of longitude --- History&delete& --- Congresses --- Measurement&delete& --- Nautical and aeronautical astronomy. Navigation--Geschiedenis van .. --- Harrison, --- Harrison, Jean, --- Longitude - Measurement - History - Congresses. --- Horology - History - Congresses. --- Longitude - Measurement - History - Congresses --- Horology - History - Congresses --- Harrison, John, - 1693-1776 - Congresses --- Harrison, John, - 1693-1776 --- Measurement.

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