The longitude prize / Joan Dash, pictures by Dusan Petricic.

Author/creator Dash, Joan
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoBasel ; New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ©2000.
Description200 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Subjects
Harrison, John, 1693-1776--Juvenile literature.
Chronometers--History. --Juvenile literature.
Longitude--Measurement. --History. --Juvenile literature.
Clock and watch makers--Great Britain. --Biography. --Juvenile literature.

Abstract 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.
General note"Frances Foster books."
LCCN 97044257
ISBN0374346364

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Joyner TRC Nonfiction 681.1 D26L ✔ Available Place Hold