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Author Lasky, Kathryn.

Title The man who made time travel / Kathryn Lasky ; paintings by Kevin Hawkes.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Melanie Kroups Books, 2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Non-Fiction  J 526 Las    ---  Available
Description [40] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Indexed In: Bklst 03/01/2003
SLJ Apr 2003
PW 03/17/2003
Kirkus 04/01/2003
Horn Bk Mar 2003
Summary Describes the need for sailors to be able to determine their position at sea and the efforts of John Harrison, an eighteenth-century man who spent his life refining instruments to enable them to do this.
Subject Harrison, John, 1693-1776.
Time -- Measurement -- History.
Longitude -- Measurement -- History.
Added Author Hawkes, Kevin, illustrator.
ISBN 0374347883

 
    
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