Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude
"For hundreds of years ships had been sailing to places far and near without really knowing where they were!" Sailors knew how to measure latitude, their location north or south of the equator, but they could not measure longitude, their location east or west of their home port. Search and download Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude for free. Download Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude and other books from rapidshare mediafire.
author louise borden format paperback language english publication year 01 09 2008 subject children s young adult non fiction subject 2 children s general non fiction ean 9781906367107 title sea clocks sku st 1906367108 product category books comics magazines about speedy hen ltd by continuing with this checkout and ordering from speedy hen you are accepting our current terms and conditions details of which can be found by clicking here author s louise borden content note 22 colour 22 black and Find new edition of Sea Clocks here
Because of this, many lives were lost worldwide. The key to solving this problem lay in devising a clock that could keep absolutely accurate time while at sea, unaltered by rough water or weather conditions. With such a timekeeper sailors would be able to know the time back at their home port and calculate the longitude. But no one knew how to design such a clock. John Harrison (1693-1776), an Englishman without any scientific training, worked tirel.
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Enhanced with full-color illustrations, this true tale provides readers with the story of John Harrison and his invention of the sea clock that, after forty years in the making, was put to the test and forever changed the course of sailing around the world. *Author: Borden, Louise/ Blegvad, Erik (ILT) *Subtitle: The Story of Longitude *Publication Date: 2004/02/10 *Binding Type: School And Library *Grade Level: 2-3 *Language: English *Depth: 0.25 *Width: 8.00 *Height: 10.00
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payment | shipping rates | returns Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude Product Category :Books ISBN :0689842163 Title :Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude EAN :9780689842160 Authors :Louise Borden Binding :Hardcover Publisher :Margaret K. McElderry Publication Date :2004-02-10 Pages :48 Signed :False First Edition :False Dust Jacket :True List Price (MSRP) :18.95 Height :0.6000 inches Width :8.1000 inches Length :10.1000 inches Weight :0.9000 pounds Keywords :Children's Books: People Places: Biog
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Because of this, many lives were lost worldwide. The key to solving this problem lay in devising a clock that could keep absolutely accurate time while at sea, unaltered by rough water or weather conditions. With such a timekeeper sailors would be able to know the time back at their home port and calculate the longitude. But no one knew how to design such a clock ecause of this, many lives were lost worldwide. The key to solving this problem lay in devising a clock that could keep absolutely accurate time while at sea, unaltered by rough water or weather conditions. With such a timekeeper sailors would be able to know the time back at their home port and calculate the longitude. But no one knew how to design such a clock. John Harrison (1693-1776), an Englishman without any scientific training, worked tirel
