The discovery of longitude / by Joan Marie Galat ; illustrated by Wes Lowe.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Gretna, La. : Pelican Pub. Company, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 volume : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781455616374
- 1455616370
- Harrison, John, 1693-1776 -- Juvenile literature
- Harrison, John, 1693-1776
- Harrison, John, 1693-1776
- Longitude -- Measurement -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Chronometers -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Clock and watch makers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Longitude -- Measurement -- History
- Chronometers -- History
- Clock and watch makers -- Great Britain
- Chronometers
- Clock and watch makers
- Longitude -- Measurement
- Great Britain
- Timekeeper (general)
- longitude
- Pelican Publishing , Gretna LA
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Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room | Juvenile | QB225 .G36 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31560000035515 |
Relates the story of John Harrison, an eighteenth-century man who solved the problem of establishing the East-West position of a ship at sea.
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An illustrated juvenile book (age 9-12) pm how Harrisons Sea clock solved the longitude prolem
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