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by Dava Sobel (Author) "Once on a Wednesday excursion when I was a little girl, my father bought me a beaded wire ball that I loved..." (more)
Key Phrases: big sea clocks, lunar distance method, longitude solution, Board of Longitude, John Harrison, Royal Society (more...)
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