250 years ago... Foremost realisation in Horology !

SpeedyPhill · Thurs. 2:47pm

17th March 2026 will see the 250th anniversary of the passing of English horologist clockmaker John Harrison, the inventor of the Marine Chronometer crucial in the conquest for longitude !
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Timely upload of the 2000 movie "Longitude" in high resolution:

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More on this topic: #Longitude

https://omegaforums.net/threads/longitude-book-review.86056/

Thread 'Longitude: book review' ·

Earlier this year I got from Amazon the book titled "Longitude: the true story of the genius that solved the greatest scientific problem of this time" by Dava Sobel.

It tells the story of John...

valkyrie_rider · Dec 2, 2018

250 years ago... Foremost realisation in Horology !

SpeedyPhill

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