TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sobel,Dava
TI  - Longitude: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time 
SN  - 9780007214228 (pbk.) :
AV  - QB225 
U1  - 681.118092 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - London
PB  - Harper Perennial
KW  - Harrison, John,
KW  - Clocks and watch makers
KW  - England
KW  - Biography
KW  - Astronomical clock
KW  - History
KW  - Horology
KW  - Longitude
KW  - Research
KW  - Science
KW  - ukslc
N1  - Originally published: London: Fourth Estate, 1996; Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-180) and index
N2  - This is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest - the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius
ER  -