Sea clocks
Subtitle: the story of longitude
By: Louise Borden ; illustrated by Erik Blegvad
Contributors: Blegvad, Erik, ill
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780689842160
Subjects: Measurement; Longitude; Chronometers; Clock and watch makers; History; Juvenile literature; Clocks and watches; Biography; Inventors
Description: This is the story of John Harrison, an Englishman, who worked tirelessly for more than forty years to create a perfect sea clock.