Lost at sea : the search for longitude /

Lost at sea : the search for longitude /

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"Before global positioning systems, modern map making -- even before America was America -- the concept of longitude was just a dream. Without its guidance, navigation in the 1700s was both unpredictable and deadly," until a country carpenter named John Harrison solved the mystery--Contai...

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Corporate Authors: Sveriges television, Green Umbrella Ltd, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), WGBH Video (Firm), British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service
Other Authors: Jones, Peter, Dreyfuss, Richard, Sobel, Dava
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: South Burlington, VT : WGBH Boston Video, [1998]
Subjects:
Harrison, John, > 1693-1776.
Longitude > Measurement > History.
Chronometers > History.
Clock and watch makers > Great Britain > Biography.
Documentary television programs.
Science television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:"Before global positioning systems, modern map making -- even before America was America -- the concept of longitude was just a dream. Without its guidance, navigation in the 1700s was both unpredictable and deadly," until a country carpenter named John Harrison solved the mystery--Container.
Item Description:Based on the book: Longitude / by Dava Sobel.
Videocassette release of a program from the PBS series Nova, originally broadcast on October 6, 1998, which also ran as an episode of the BBC series Horizon.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS format.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Produced by David R. Axelrod and directed by Peter Jones ; telescript by David R. Axelrod ; director of photography, Brian McDairmont ; editor, Eve Gage ; music composed by Dan Jones ; executive producer, Paula S. Apsell.
ISBN:1578071305