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Originally Posted by Dngrsone
Meanwhile, I've also finished reading Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel. This was a very good book. It outlines the Longitude problem that plagued seafarers for centuries, the differing means which were tried to solve that problem and the ultimate solutions obtained.
I have always been a fan of mechanical watches (though I can't wear them... my personal magnetic field tends to break them after a few months), and while this book is a layman's guide which barely brushes across the more technical features which set Harrison's chronographs apart from their predecessors, it kind of makes me want to learn much more about horography.
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**Loved** reading (actually listening to)
Longitude. I found the audiobook to be engrossing.