Recommended Book

May 13, 2009 · Print This Article

I just finished a fascinating book about how the longitude problem was solved.  It is amazing how much effort went into solving the problem.  I highly recommend the book.

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  1. Joe (2 comments) says:
    May 13, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    I read that a few years ago. Thoroughly enjoyed it, cover to cover. Totally absorbed the frustrations of that family.

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  2. Pam Pollard (1 comments) says:
    May 13, 2009 at 3:53 pm

    If you liked this book, read Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham. It deals with the same problem. This book is a highly entertaining readable biography of the man who wrote the bible on American Navigation. It won the 1956 Newbery Medal for children’s literature but I loved it as an adult as much as when I read it as a teen.

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