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John Harrison

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John Harrison

John Harrison

John Harrison was an English joiner and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of how to calculate longitude while at sea.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Portrait: via Wikipedia (see source).

Remarks on a Pamphlet Lately published by the Rev. Mr. Maskelyne, Under the Authority of the Board of Longitude

John Harrison