TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sobel,Dava
AU  - Andrewes,William J.H.
TI  - The illustrated longitude
SN  - 0802775934 : PAP
AV  - QB225 .S63 2003
U1  - 526/.62/09 21
PY  - 2003///, c1995
CY  - New York
PB  - Walker
KW  - Harrison, John,
KW  - Longitude
KW  - Measurement
KW  - History
KW  - Chronometers
KW  - Clock and watch makers
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Biography
N1  - Originally published under title: Longitude. 1995; Includes bibliographical references (p. 214) and index
N2  - Describes the forty-year effort of John Harrison to invent the chronometer, the first instrument able to keep accurate time for navigational purposes
ER  -