The Clock That Found the Sea
Why sailors couldn't tell where they were, and how a carpenter's clock solved it
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Wren: 26 min · Hollis: 29 min
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A great deal of sea
latitude, longitude, dead reckoning
The time at home
Longitude Act, Board of Longitude, meridian, friction
Great brass clocks
balance, chronometer, bimetallic strip, lunar distance
Five ticks a second
rate, sea trial, Nautical Almanac
Goodnight, little Crumb
the wind-down