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Longitude	£2.00
by Sobel, Dava

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	Reference	A0058
	Publisher	London, Fourth Estate
	Year	1996
	ISBN	1857025024
	Condition	VG+/VG (?)

The total with shipping for this book within the UK would be £4.52.

1st edition / 8th imp, small hardback,184 pages.  A pristine copy in a similar dj which has been price clipped.

The dramatic story of John Harrison's 18th century solution to the problem of longitude.   He invented a mechanical device that kept accurate time at sea - the chronometer - and Sobel's story of his 40 year quest to build the perfect timekeeper provides not just an  account of the absorbing social background to the tale, but also a fascinating history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.

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