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The longitude prize : the race between the moon and the watch-machine Cover Image Book

The longitude prize : the race between the moon and the watch-machine / Joan Dash.

Dash, Joan. (Author).

Summary:

The story of John Harrison, inventor of watches and clocks, who spent forty years working on a time-machine which could be used to accurately determine longitude at sea.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0374346364
  • Physical Description: 200 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Basel ; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2000]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Frances Foster books."
Target Audience Note:
1160L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.6 7 43796.

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Genre: Biographies.

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