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Jul 17, 2020 · In 1976, mechanical engineer Bill Laycock wrote The Lost Science of John Longitude Harrison. The book outlined Harrison’s very different philosophy in pendulum clock design. Laycock’s work inspired horological sculptor Martin Burgess to create a pair of Harrison-type precision pendulum clocks. Burgess hoped these might prove the efficacy of ...
John Harrison. Director: Dune. John Harrison began his career directing rock videos and working as 1st Asst. Director for famed horror director,George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead (1968)/Creepshow (1982)).
Largely self taught purveyor of line drawings with watercolour. www.drawninyorkshire.com
Even as Anson sought his prize in the distant Pacific, John Harrison, the son of an English carpenter, labored at his workbench on a solution to the longitude problem that would free ships to travel wherever the wind would serve. Time was at the root of his solution, because the earth takes exactly 24 hours to rotate.
John Harrison was a carpenter by trade who was self-taught in clock making. During the mid-1720s he designed a series of remarkable precision longcase clocks. These clocks achieved an accuracy of one second in a month, far better than any clocks of the time.
Harrison’s three-episode mini-series RESIDUE, which he created and wrote, was on Netflix. He is currently writing and directing episodes of the CREEPSHOW TV series on Shudder/AMC, as well as writing/directing the new horror podcasts, FEARWORM and John Harrison’s SINISTER STORIES. His latest novel, PASSING THROUGH VEILS, will be published by ...
Khan Noonien Singh (or simply Khan) was the most prominent of the genetically-engineered Human Augments of the late-20th century Eugenics Wars period on Earth. Many Augments were genocidal tyrants who conquered and killed in the name of order, with Khan and his kind being frozen in cryogenic sleep. In the 23rd century, Khan was revived by Admiral Alexander Marcus to design weapons and ships to prepare for war against the Klingon Empire. He was given a new identity, that of John Harrison, an Engl
