John Harrison
British clockworker · United Kingdom · Scientists · Lived 1693 to 1776 · aged 83
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Something wrong?John Harrison was an English carpenter and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of how to calculate longitude while at sea.
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United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
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Lived 1693 to 1776 · aged 83
Scientists from the United Kingdom 6
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