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In Reply to: Brief documentary on the gravesite of the painter of "His Master's Voice" ("Nipper") posted by John Marks on August 13, 2014 at 14:29:35:
. . . who solved the "longitude problem", which gave the Brits a significant maritime advantage over their French and Spanish rivals. After promising to pay a reward to anyone who could solve this problem, the SOB's in Parliament tried to weasel out of paying Harrison because he didn't come from a sufficiently "upper" class. It took an order from the King for the payment to be made, and even then, they didn't pay in full. Bastards!
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- Nice - but I was more struck by the story of John Harrison. . . - Chris from Lafayette 11:08:22 08/14/14 (6)
- Read a great article about Harrison - rbolaw 15:58:29 08/17/14 (1)
- The guy who invented the trademark word "Xerox" IIRC got $125 - John Marks 11:20:30 08/18/14 (0)
- The book "Longitude" is about his struggles - John Marks 12:51:04 08/14/14 (3)
- Yes! Fascinating and enjoyable read. (nt) - johntoste 21:00:01 08/14/14 (0)
- good book (nt) - unclestu 15:23:55 08/14/14 (0)
- Thanks - I'll check it out [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 13:52:25 08/14/14 (0)
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