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Lost at Sea : The Search for Longitude. Recounts how John Harrision discovered the concept of longitude in the 18th century, thus making the waters safe for navigation. Axelrod, David R., screenwriter, television producer; Jones, Peter, 1941- television director; Apsell, Paula S., television producer; Dreyfuss, Richard, narrator; Malahide ...
- 54 min
19 de jul. de 2020 · The problem was navigation by sea—how to know where you were when you sailed beyond the sight of land - establishing your longitude. While the gentry of the 18th Century looked to the stars for the answer, an English clockmaker, John Harrison, toiled for decades to solve the problem.
- July 19, 2020
- Titanic Films by Mark
- 53 min
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6 de out. de 1998 · With Patrick Malahide, Richard Dreyfuss. 18th century British clock maker and carpenter John Harrison invents a marine chronometer that allows ships to calculate longitude while at sea, preventing numerous shipwrecks, some of them involving the British Navy.
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- Documentary, Biography, Drama
- Peter Jones
- 1998-10-06
Based on the bestselling book Longitude by Dava Sobel, the program tells the story of how an unknown genius, John Harrison, discovered the key to navigating on the open seas and thus solved one...
6 de out. de 1998 · An expedition on a period sailing vessel as it sails the open sea will demonstrate the life and death importance of finding your longitude at sea. It was one of humankind's most epic quests - a technical problem so complex that it challenged the best minds of its time, a problem so important that the nation that solved it would rule ...
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude: With Richard Dreyfuss, Patrick Malahide. A technical problem so complex that it challenged the best minds of its time, a problem so important that the nation that solved it would rule the world's economy.
The problem was navigation by sea — how to know where you were when you sailed beyond the sight of land — the finding of your longitude. While the gentry of the eighteenth century looked to the stars for the answer, an English clock maker, John Harrison, toiled for decades to solve the problem.
