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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time, by Dava Sobel

Harrison completed his first pendulum clock in 1713, before he was twenty years old.

Lance McNeill

Harrison was self-taught through books. he made his first clock after reading books on mechanics

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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time

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