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Ancient Skies
The Marine Chronometer
Take a closer look at John Harrison's Marine Chronometer, the device that solved the longitude problem.
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Episode two charts our efforts to give the earth shape and place in the cosmos.
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Explore the earliest origins of our relationship with the skies.