Dash, Joan,

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.

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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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