1735
Transportation
England
Marine chronometer
Harrison's clocks keep time at sea, solving the longitude problem.
Why it mattered
Ships could finally know where they were.
Industrial Age
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Harrison's clocks keep time at sea, solving the longitude problem.
Why it mattered
Ships could finally know where they were.
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