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| Title | Longitude |
| Author | Sobel, Dava |
| Asset Number | 00368 |
| Publisher | Fourth Estate |
| ISBN | 1857025024 |
| Published Date | 1995 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Printing | 16 |
| Description | Brown cloth hardcover with unclipped dust cover.
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time is a best-selling book by Dava Sobel about John Harrison, an 18th-century clockmaker who created the first clock (chronometer) sufficiently accurate to be used to determine longitude at sea-an important development in navigation. The book was made into a television series entitled Longitude. |
| Category | Physics |
| Epoch | Modern |
| Date Acquired | 29/09/2020 |
| Condition | (1) Fine |
