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John Harrison Esq.r.

John Harrison Esq.r. Inventor of the Time Keeper.

Engrav'd by Burnet Reading.
[London, 1776.]
Engraving. Sheet size: 145 x 95mm (5¾ x 3¾"). Trimmed to image. Glued to backing sheet.
A portrait of John Harrison (c.1693 - 1776) bust, in profile to the left, wearing short wig curled over side of head. In oval frame. An illustration to the 'European Magazine'. Harrison, an English carpenter and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, finally solving the Logitude question; how to establish the East-West position or longitude of a ship at sea, thus revolutionising and extending the possibility of safe long-distance sea travel. The problem was considered so intractable and, following the Scilly naval disaster of 1707, so important that the British Parliament offered the Longitude prize of £20,000.
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