The Illustrated Longitude
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Word Count
56,000 words, Guess
Page Count
224 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7877326M
- Internet Archiveillustratedlongi00sobe_029
- Internet Archiveillustratedlongi00sobe_690
- Internet Archiveillustratedlongi00sobe_843
- Internet Archiveillustratedlongi0000sobe_n9x5
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- ISBN-100802775934
- ISBN-139780802775931
- Goodreads4805
- LibraryThing16307
Description
An illustrated version of Dava Sobel's story about how John Harrison invented a clock that kept accurate time at sea, thereby creating a way to measure the longitude of ships.
First Sentence
ONCE ON A WEDNESDAY excursion when I was a little girl, my father bought me a beaded wire ball that I loved.
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