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Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude Hardcover - 2004 - 1st Edition
by Louise Borden; Erik Blegvad (Illustrator)
John Harrison, an Englishman with no scientific training, worked for nearly 40 years to design a clock that could keep accurate time while at sea. Ultimately, he changed the course of seafaring and science forever. Full color.
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THIS STORY IS ABOUT A MAN FROM LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND, who spent over forty years of his life making strange and beautiful sea clocks.
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- Title Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude
- Author Louise Borden; Erik Blegvad (Illustrator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 48
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Margaret K. McElderry Books, New York
- Date 2004
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780689842160 / 0689842163
- Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
- Dimensions 10.36 x 8.28 x 0.44 in (26.31 x 21.03 x 1.12 cm)
- Ages 07 to 10 years
- Grade levels 2 - 5
- Reading level 910
- Library of Congress subjects Inventors, Clocks and watches
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00045599
- Dewey Decimal Code 526.620
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Citations
- Booklist, 12/01/2004, Page 670
- BookPage, 02/01/2004, Page 27
- Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 05/01/2004, Page 365
- Horn Book Magazine, 03/01/2004, Page 196
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2004, Page 463
- Kirkus Review - Children, 12/15/2003, Page 1447
- New York Times, 03/14/2004, Page 18
- Publishers Weekly, 02/02/2004, Page 77
- School Library Journal, 10/01/2004, Page 0
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