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Inventor of the Naval Chronometer Born (1693)

Published by Dean On April 5, 2023
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John Harrison, inventor of the naval chronometer.

Born today 1693, John Harrison, the cantankerous Yorkshireman who would go on to invent the naval chronometer and solve the mystery of calculating longitude at sea.

Read the complete article on Atlas Obscura.

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