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Sidney0865
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posted January 22, 2008 08:00 PM      Profile for Sidney0865     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I am combining here two of my great passions, watches and history. Has anyone read "Longitude" by Dava Sobel? It's a fascinating account of John Harrison's invention of the marine chronometer, a clock so accurate that ships could use it to accurately determine longitude.
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