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Inventor, designer
John Harrison was a self-educated English carpenter and later a clockmaker. He invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought device in solving the problem of establishing the East-West position or longitudeof a ship at sea, thus revolutionising and extending the possibility of safe long distance sea travel in the Age of Sail.
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design, designer, inventor
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variant spelling:
Harrison, John
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Curriculum vitae
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* 24.03.1693
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Foulby
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born
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1712 - 1714
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He built his first clock
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1730 - 1735
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He built his clock Harrison.1
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1737 - 1740
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He built his clock Harrison.2
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1740 - 1759
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He built his clock Harrison.3
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1755 - 1759
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He built his clock Harrison.4
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† 24.03.1766
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London
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died
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