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Lost at Sea : The Search for Longitude. Recounts how John Harrision discovered the concept of longitude in the 18th century, thus making the waters safe for navigation. Axelrod, David R., screenwriter, television producer; Jones, Peter, 1941- television director; Apsell, Paula S., television producer; Dreyfuss, Richard, narrator; Malahide ...
- 54 min
Based on the bestselling book Longitude by Dava Sobel, the program tells the story of how an unknown genius, John Harrison, discovered the key to navigating on the open seas and thus solved one...
6 de oct. de 1998 · NARRATOR: An unknown genius discovered the key to navigating the open seas—time. Now, based on the best selling novel by Dava Sobel, "Lost at Sea - The Search For Longitude."
6 de oct. de 1998 · With Patrick Malahide, Richard Dreyfuss. 18th century British clock maker and carpenter John Harrison invents a marine chronometer that allows ships to calculate longitude while at sea, preventing numerous shipwrecks, some of them involving the British Navy.
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- Documentary, Biography, Drama
- Peter Jones
- 1998-10-06
The problem was navigation by sea — how to know where you were when you sailed beyond the sight of land — the finding of your longitude. While the gentry of the eighteenth century looked to the stars for the answer, an English clock maker, John Harrison, toiled for decades to solve the problem.
October 6, 1998. Program Overview for the NOVA program Lost at Sea—The Search for Longitude: How the quest for a reliable method to find your way at sea was solved by an 18th-century...
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude: With Richard Dreyfuss, Patrick Malahide. A technical problem so complex that it challenged the best minds of its time, a problem so important that the nation that solved it would rule the world's economy.
