[PDF.07ql] Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

[PDF.vo46] Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

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 | #9120 in Books |  Baker and Taylor |  2007-11-05 |  2007-10-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.42 x.65 x4.60l,.45 | File type: PDF | 208 pages

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||22 of 22 people found the following review helpful.| One of the most fascinating books I have read|By Gloria|In the age of GPS it is hard to believe that there was a time when sailors could not navigate the seas in safety. This book is so interesting and easy to read, yet it explains the discovery of how to determine Longitude in a way that is fascinating for adults and excellent for young teenagers as well. I always have three|.com |The thorniest scientific problem of the eighteenth century was how to determine longitude. Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over the centuries due to the inability to determine an east-west position. This is the engrossing story of the clockm

Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives and the increasing fortunes of nations hung on a resolution. One man, John Harrison, in complete opposition to the scientific...

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