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Louise Borden Sea Clocks: the Story of Longitude.

Publication: The Horn Book Magazine
Publication Date: 01-MAR-04
Format: Online - approximately 271 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Louise Borden Sea Clocks: the Story of Longitude.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article Excerpt
* Louise Borden Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude; illus. by Erik Blegvad 48 pp. McElderry 2/04 ISBN 0-689-84216-3 18.95 (Intermediate)

Spare prose outlines John Harrison's forty-year quest to determine longitude on a moving ship. Rejecting the scientific thoughts of the day (the early eighteenth century), which centered on...

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