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Jan 1, 1993 · John Harrison: clockmaker and scientist John Harrison was a working-class joiner from Lincolnshire with little formal edu- cation. Born on 24 March 1693 at Foulby, near Wakefield in Yorkshire, Harrison was brought up in the remote village of Barrow in Lincolnshire, just south of the great port of Hull.
The Harrison Timekeepers H1, H2, H3 and H4. John Harrison. England has produced many great clockmakers notable for their innovation, skill and flair, and pre-eminent among them is John Harrison, a carpenter from Foulby in Yorkshire. Born in 1693 he received no formal education but became fascinated by precision timekeeping.
Aug 1, 2018 · John Harrison – the problem-solving genius whose clocks saved lives. Posted on August 1, 2018 by Adrian Farrell. John Harrison, a carpenter and self-taught clockmaker, spent six decades of his life problem solving as he progressed towards his ultimate triumph—the first accurate marine chronometer. Many said it was an impossible task to ...
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Michael John Harrison, known for publication purposes primarily as M. John Harrison, is an English author and literary critic. His work includes the Viriconium sequence of novels and short stories, Climbers, and the Kefahuchi Tract trilogy, which consists of Light, Nova Swing and Empty Space. aka Gabriel King (with Jane Johnson) Michael John ...
M. John Harrison, a genre-defying author and literary critic, has been hailed by writers including Olivia Laing, Robert MacFarlane and Neil Gaiman as one of the most brilliant prose stylists alive today.
John Harrison (1693–1776) was. an English clockmaker, celebrated for developing numerous. mechanisms which improved the technology of timekeeping devices. Harrison invented the gridiron pendulum (illustrated here in the background to the right), grasshopper escapement, bi-metallic strip (as you would find in your kettle) and an automatic form ...
