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Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
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Harrison, John
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A celebrated mechanician, born at Foulby, Yorkshire; was the first to invent a chronometer which, by its ingenious apparatus for compensating the disturbing effects caused by variations of climate, enabled mariners to determine longitude to within a distance of 18 m.; by this invention he won a prize of £20,000 offered by Government; amongst other things he invented the compensating gridiron pendulum , still in use (1693-1776).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Harrison, John'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/harrison-john.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Harrison, John'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/harrison-john.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
