English clockmaker John Harrison revolutionized long distance seafaring in the 18th century, solving the problem of calculating longitude at sea and devising tools that helped sailors navigate with ...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the birthday of John Harrison, who invented the first accurate way to measure longitude. Before 1735, if you wanted to sail across the ocean, you could only guess at ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This instrument is a specialized ...

In the annals of maritime history, the quest for determining longitude at sea was a long- standing challenge that captivated the minds of sailors, scientists and governments alike. Today’s GPS, radio ...

Welcome to Watches You Should Know, a column highlighting important or little-known watches with interesting backstories and unexpected influence. This week: the Harrison H4 Marine Chronometer “Sea ...

Have you ever heard of John Harrison? Harrison saw a problem and had a driving vision on how to correct it. In the late 1600s, more than 200 years after Columbus reached the New World, there were many ...

British clockmaker John Harrison definitely had time on his side. The self-educated horologist and carpenter was born on April 3, 1693, in Foulby, Yorkshire. He is known as the man who came to the ...

English clockmaker John Harrison revolutionized long distance seafaring in the 18th century, solving the problem of calculating longitude at sea and devising tools that helped sailors navigate with ...