The longitude prize / Joan Dash ; pictures by Dusan Petricic.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basel ; New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Edition: First editionDescription: 200 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0374346364
  • 9780374346362
Subject(s): Genre/Form: NLM classification:
  • 681.1 Das
Awards:
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2001.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room Juvenile QB107 .D28 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000042636

"Frances Foster books."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-194) and index.

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.

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Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2001.

Non fiction book on John Harrison for youg readers age 10-12

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