What happened in the 1730s?
🧭 John Harrison's H1 Chronometer (1735): Introduction of the first marine chronometer by John Harrison, crucial for navigation.
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Further Reading
- H1 | Royal Museums Greenwich (co.uk)
- John Harrison | Marine Chronometer, Clockmaker, Longitude (britannica.com)
- Longitude found - the story of Harrison's Clocks (co.uk)
- Harrison's Marine Chronometer - World History Encyclopedia (worldhistory.org)
- The Chronometer | Time and Navigation (si.edu)
- Marine chronometer - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- John Harrison's Creative Breakthrough (colby.edu)
- The Harrison Timekeepers H1, H2, H3 and H4 - Redfern Animation (redfernanimation.com)