John Harrison

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• Principles of Mr. Harrison's Time-keeper (1767)
• A Description Concerning Such Mechanism (1775)
• Articles
• Videos
• Books

Collection of John Harrison resources.

Principles of Mr. Harrison's Time-keeper (1767)

• Scans on Cambridge Digital Library
• My PDF of scans
• My blog post with transcription and commentary

A Description Concerning Such Mechanism (1775)

• Scans on Cambridge Digital Library
• David Heskin translation
• My mirror

Articles

• Building a Harrison Wooden Longcase
• Interesting features of John Harrison's sea clocks
• In-Depth: The Microscopic Magic of H4, Harrison’s First Sea Watch
• John Harrison's Last Regulator

Videos

• P. Hefetrueb's clock (more on the same channel)
• Longitude, 2000 TV film
• Redfern Animation

Books

• Longitude, by Dava Sobel
• Harrison Decoded, edited by Rory McEvoy and Jonathan Betts
• The Marine Chronometer: Its History and Development, by Rupert Gould
• John Harrison and his Timekeepers, by Rupert Gould - my PDF of scan
• The Lost Science of John "Longitude" Harrison, by William Laycock - archive.org but I haven't managed to view it yet