John Harrison, Copley medallist and the £20,000 longitude prize /

Quill, Humphrey,

John Harrison, Copley medallist and the £20,000 longitude prize / by H. Quill ; [line drawings by David Penney]. - iv, 26 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 25 cm. - Monographs / Antiquarian Horological Society ; no. 11 . - Monographs (Antiquarian Horological Society) ; no. 11. .

" ... originally published in "Notes and Records of the Royal Society" (Vol. 18, no. 2, December 1963[)] ... [and now published] in an amended form ..."--Preface.

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Harrison, John, 1693-1776.
Harrison, John, 1693-1776.


Clock and watch making.
Longitude.
Astronomical clocks.
Horlogerie.
Longitude.
Horloges astronomiques.
Astronomical clocks.
Clock and watch making.
Longitude.

Clocks for calculating longitude at sea Manufacture by Harrison, John, b.1693, 1726-1772 Antiquarian Horological Society Quill, Humphrey Marine Chronometer Harrison longitude biography


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