Die Jagd nach dem Längengrad /
Joan Dash ; pictures by Dusan Petricic ; [translated by] Tamara Willmann.
- 1. Aufl.
- 187 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Includes bibliographical references 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.
9783570303894 3570303896
Harrison, John, 1693-1776 --Juvenile literature.
Chronometers--History--Juvenile literature. Longitude--Measurement--History--Juvenile literature. Clock and watch makers--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature.
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