Re: (SNES) "LONGITUDE" a cloudy evening's read

[Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com>]

Les Coleman <colemans@riconnect.com> wrote:
> I have a picture of Harrison, but I did not want to attach it because
> this type of attachment bogs down the website.

It would also have been stripped from your message automatically.
A pointer to the Greenwich Observatory website would not have been,
though.  (hint! :)

I was absolutely fascinated by the tale of Harrison, especially
given my anal-retentiveness about time!  I could have been the
Jeremy Irons character in the show, obsessing over a volunteer
activity, spending more and more time on it, losing sleep and...

I think the thing that tipped the scale in Harrison's favor eventually
was the fact that sea captains found his chronometer so darn useful
that the Royal Astronomer couldn't completely cover it up.


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