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The thorniest scientific problem of the eighteenth century was how to determine longitude. Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over the centuries due to the inability to determine an east-west position. This is the engrossing story of the clockmaker, John "Longitude" Harrison, who solved the problem that Newton and Galileo had failed to conquer, yet claimed only half the promised rich reward.
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- PublisherHarper Perennial
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0007241836
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 208 pages. The dramatic human story of an epic scientific que st: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was t he thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for cen turies. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors t hroughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost a t sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution. The quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons fo r the better part of two centuries when, in 1714, Parliament uppe d the ante by offering a king's ransom (£20,000) to anyone whose method or device proved successful. Countless quacks weighed in w ith preposterous suggestions. The scientific establishment throug hout Europe - from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton - had mapped the h eavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagi ne a mechanical solution. Full of heroism and chicanery, brilli ance and the absurd, 'Longitude' is also a fascinating brief hist ory of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking. Seller Inventory # 1461e
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