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Take a stroll through time with Victoria Splinder, her husband, a lost key and a new-found connection with inventor John Harrison...🕰️ northernlifemagazine.co.uk/the-clock-men/ #ClockWork #JohnHarrison #Yorkshire #AntiqueDiscoveries #HistoricalInventions #TimepieceArt
Born on this day in 1693. @WkfdHistSoc @WakefieldCivicS #BornToday #JohnHarrison @WFlibraries
#OnThisDay March 24, 1693: English watchmaker John Harrison is born. He was the first to build a successful marine chronometer. He would die on the same day in 1776. #BornToday #JohnHarrison
Il #24marzo 1683 nasceva e moriva nel 1776 #JohnHarrison. Orologiaio inglese che, grazie a una straordinaria intuizione sulla meccanica, con talento e determinazione, creò il primo cronometro marino, che permise ai navigatori del tempo di calcolare con precisione la longitudine.
Discover more about the work of #JohnHarrison who helped solved the problem of finding longitude at sea, by designing a series of remarkable precision longcase clocks: rmg.co.uk/stories/topics… @RMGreenwich #BSW24
Navigating the seas of time with #JohnHarrison's precision chronometers!🕰️Celebrating @ScienceWeekUK, the theme of which is "time" and the legacy of a clockmaker who revolutionised maritime travel.⛵His timeless innovations charted the course of history! 🚢🌊 #Timekeeping #BSW24