Displaying 1 of 1 2000 Format: Book Author: Dash, Joan. Title: The longitude prize / Joan Dash, pictures by Dusan Petricic. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: Basel ; New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2000. Description: 200 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Summary: The story of John Harrison, inventor of watches and clocks, who spent forty years working on a time-machine which could be used to accurately determine longitude at sea. Subjects: Harrison, John, 1693-1776. Chronometers -- History. Longitude -- Measurement -- History. Clock and watch makers -- Great Britain -- Biography. Notes: "Frances Foster books." LCCN: 97044257 ISBN: 0374346364 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 89052 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: BIO Harrison Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
