John Harrison
24 March 1693 — 24 March 1776
John Harrison was an English joiner and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of how to calculate longitude while at sea.
Un memorial en Digital Cemetery, un mapa infinito que puedes explorar. Esta tumba está en las coordenadas 13, 37.
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