----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Fredriksson" <jan at 41hz.com <https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts>> To: <time-nuts at febo.com <https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts>> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 8:20 PM Subject: [time-nuts] The Original Time Nut >/ Hi, />/ /
>/ Can anyone point to some good reading on John Harrison, />/ who in the 18th century devoted his life to making the best />/ timekeepers ever built and who also constructed and built />/ the first usable marine chronometer. />/ />/ Jan F / Hi Jan In addition to the wonderful work by Dava Sobel, I have "Greenwich Time and the Longitude" by Phillip Wilson, published by Derek Howse 1997; This travels through the sands of time up to the space age. "John Harrison" by Jonathan Betts , Curator of Horology, National Maritime Museum "John Harrison and his Timekeepers" by Lieut Commander Rupert T. Gould, R.N. (Retired); Reprinted from "The Mariner's Mirror" (The Quarterly Journal of the Society for National Research) VOL. XXI No 2. April 1935 Also, if you ever get to London England, plan a full day at Greenwich. Be sure to view John Harrison's time pieces, and get your picture taken on the 0 Degrees East and West. Jim C. / / _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.