Longitude
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Due to the problem of determining geographical coordinates, long-distance voyages remained an extremely risky undertaking for centuries. The best minds of the whole world struggled with this problem. Finally, in 1714, the British Parliament promised the scientist who could solve the problem of determining longitude a fantastic reward of 20,000 pounds at that time. Oddly enough, the right solution was found by self-taught watchmaker John Harrison - a man who spent forty years of his life on this...How did he do it?..
The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Дава Собел
- Language
- Ukrainian
- Release date
- 2012
- Translator
- Екатерина Михайловна Доброхотова-Майкова
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Due to the problem of determining geographical coordinates, long-distance voyages remained an extremely risky undertaking for centuries. The best minds of th...