[BITList] Clockmaker John Harrison vindicated 250 years after ‘absurd’ claims | Science | The Guardian

[Michael Feltham]

John Harrison, the inventor of the first marine chronometer.  There are some interesting articles at the end of the original one.

Mike
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> Clockmaker John Harrison vindicated 250 years after ‘absurd’ claims
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> One of Guinness World Records’ more unusual awards was presented at the National Maritime Museum yesterday. After a 100-day trial, the timepiece known as Clock B – which had been sealed in a clear plastic box to prevent tampering – was officially declared, by Guinness, to be the world’s “most accurate mechanical clock with a pendulum swinging in free air”.
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