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Harrison's H3 Chronometer Featured on Material World
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2011 May 9, 13:25 -0300
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2011 May 9, 13:25 -0300
The 14 April edition of BBC Radio 4's Material World program featured an item on the study and refurbishment of Harrison's H3 chronometer, which is taking place as part of the preparations for the 300th anniversary of the Longitude Act in 2014. You can listen to it on the BBC's iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0106tqc ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Richard B. Langley E-mail: lang@unb.ca | | Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/ | | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 | | University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 | | Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 | | Fredericton? Where's that? See: http:// www.fredericton.ca/ | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
