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Longitude Work

Great Britain · Science / Navigation. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1735Date range
1Named people
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Chronological records

1735

John Harrison1735

Greenwich · Science / Navigation

Harrison's marine timekeeping work enters longitude debates centred on Greenwich.

Names involved

John Harrison

Provenance

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