The Longitudie Problem/Prize

timeshed

For the horology buffs, y'all have probably already seen these, but for those looking for some great documentary-style content on James Harrison, The Longitude Problem, Sea Navigation by time, and arguably some of the most horological advances in timekeeping (developing clocks that can keep time at sea with no more than 3-second accuracy per day). I have a few videos you might be interested in:

  • The Clock That Changed the World (BBC History of the World)

  • The Longitude Problem - Improving Navigation with the Harrison Clocks

  • Steve Ragnall's "Longitude"

  • Longitude Movie 2000

  • The Longitude Problem

*Looks like I can't post YouTube links, so above are the titles...

#horology #clocks #georgeharrison #longitude #woodclocks
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Cantaloop
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The Longitude Movie is a must for everyone to see. You don't even need to be interested in horology, it's two great stories with an excellent cast.

1Jewel
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Thanks!

nichtvondiesemjahrhundert
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Cantaloop

The Longitude Movie is a must for everyone to see. You don't even need to be interested in horology, it's two great stories with an excellent cast.

Agreed. Michael Gambon and Jeremy Irons both outstanding.

Davemcc
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This may be the best examination of Harrison and the longitude problem.

https://youtu.be/zlRxWJ_kGEA?si=Sy9zBhYrnfHoNLN-

henrik_ln
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And, if you make it to London: The clocks from Harrison are displayed in the Royal Observatory in Greenwitch.

timeshed
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henrik_ln

And, if you make it to London: The clocks from Harrison are displayed in the Royal Observatory in Greenwitch.

We almost make it to London this year. It's still not of the table, I would love that. Such a great museum/observatory y'all have access to.

timeshed
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Cantaloop

The Longitude Movie is a must for everyone to see. You don't even need to be interested in horology, it's two great stories with an excellent cast.

I'm trying to figure out how the movie wasn't on my radar. I grew up on a boat, so I've learned about a lot of this stuff and some of these videos I had to go back and find, but probably because it was a BBC thing and we miss a lot of that stuff here in the states.

henrik_ln
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timeshed

We almost make it to London this year. It's still not of the table, I would love that. Such a great museum/observatory y'all have access to.

I have read the book by Dava Sobel before the visit and was blown away by those watches!