Longitude

Gracefully adapted from Dava Sobel's extraordinary bestseller, the four-part TV production of Longitude combines drama, history, and science into a stimulating, painstakingly authentic account of personal triumph and joyous discovery. Equally impressive is the way writer-director Charles …






George Graham:
Mr. Harrison! Summer and winter... how is it done? How is it done, the compensation?

John Harrison:
I use a pendulum of different metals that work against each other.

George Graham:
Impossible. Doesn't work. I've tried it.

John Harrison:
It is possible. It does work. I've built it.

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