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Book Review of Longitude : The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

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Not a book with footnotes, but pleasant to read and my copy is the 14th printing, so it has sold well--a book about 18th C. technology! I think I liked best the last chapter, where the author visits the observatory at Greenwich.....
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