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Posted: 31 Oct 2021


Taken: 27 Oct 2021

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1/160 f/3.5 17.4 mm ISO 100

Panasonic DMC-FZ200

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John Harrison
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John Harrison - 27 October 2021

John Harrison - 27 October 2021
John Harrison 1693-1770 (2019-20) by Marcus Cornish, bronze. Barrow-upon-Humber.

John Harrison, Barrow's 'most famous son', was a clockmaker and inventor. He is seen here winding H4, the watch (marine chronometer) which enabled sailors to calculate their position at sea and solved 'the problem of longitude'.

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