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Wow! This was astonishing in so many ways!! The level of skill used with the different woods & his knowledge of how they dry, how oily, theyāll continue to be, etc is mind blowing!! These men were astute on so many levels!! I would love to know what his schooling was & what their father did for a living. This is an amazing story!!
Thank you for creating & sharing it!!
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I am from near Boston, Massachusetts USA. The family of my best childhood friend had an old tall case clock (grandfather clock) that had wooden clockworks. To keep it lubricated, a small saucer of kerosene was placed up in the clockworks portion. The vapors kept everything lubricated.
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John Harrison.. Born at Foulby.. A small village 9 miles from where I am sitting this minute;
This man is a hero on an epic world level and I feel proud to have him as a local to myself
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Many thanks for sharing this. I do not own a TV set and have been persecuted by the BBC for five years to purchase a TV licence. They cannot believe l don't own or rent one. Even just to watch iplayer you still need a licence, the grasping front and back studs! So this is a treat to watch something from them for free!
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As an ex Navy man l always found this time, navigation fascinating. What a marvellous intelligent man.
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John Harrison is an unsung hero to whom a vast number of sea-farers owe their lives. I am one of them. We used his chronometers in the 1950ās to keep track of the position of my US Navy destroyer in the Pacific Ocean. Harrisonās education was limited; his energy boundless. The book, āLongitudeā by Dava Sobel celebrated his struggles with the bureaucracy and was made into a TV series well worth watching.
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I read the book about longitude, great book. The true reason the board did not want to give him the money was because he was a lower class commoner NOT like the board who were all upper class and wanted one of THEIR own class to win.
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The segment where they threw the tin can over the back of the boat (they did mention the log) was actually carried out with a log of a set size. This was known as the captains log and was carried out every hour to measure the number of āknotsā that the ship was travelling at.
Our phrases now for ākeeping a logā and ālogging onā come from this.
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John Harrison and Hedy la Mar are the reasons we know where we are today...just amazing. Wonderful Doc!
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to be a good teacher ,it's not just presenting information ,its making it interesting to the individual so you have their attention and focus .you have that gift .great doco .
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Can't stop thinking about the Harrison Clock auction room scene in 'Only Fools and Horses'...
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Here in America most of the kids cannot read a clock with hands. I adopted three from foster care and their argument was they have cell phones and so do not need to know how to tell time. It is now three years later and they are all doing pretty well.
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As a clockmaker myself it is so refreshing to hear a man who actually knows the meaning of the word "cogs" (11.26)
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John Harrison is one of VERY few real-world cases where a lone genius legitimately revolutionized their entire field.
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Seems like it's the simple folk that impact the world most with their inventions, like Mr. Harrison and the Wright brothers. Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
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John Harrison born 24th March, died 24th March. Perfect timing.
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Man this is just totally amazing , unbelievable how intelligent this man truly was . You never here about this man in history when in fact he was one of the most important persons of the past . Wow and his clocks were beautiful. Great video thankyou
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No problem with it being only me;
I think this is the most impressive, informative and fascinating documentary I have ever seen.
Utterly compelling.
Thank you,
Charles Craig
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I saw a Harrison clock once. It was a replica, but it had been made in the same way as the original. It was an amazing piece of art.
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@ASelbo
1 year ago
After almost 40 years at sea iām now retired. 3 weeks ago i climbed the stairs up to the Royal observatory at Greenwich. Came all the way from my small town in Norway to tick off one of the items on my bucket list; To see with my own eyes the clocks of John Harrison. Not the sole purpose of my visit to London but still an emotional moment
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