The book Longitude by Dava Sobel tells the story of John Harrison who figured out how to calculate how far east or west a ship was on the ocean.

达瓦索贝尔写的这本书《经度》讲述了约翰哈里森如何计算出轮船在海面上从东到西航行距离的故事。

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John Harrison, a working-class joiner with relatively little education eventually won the prize after building a series of clocks, each improving on the previous one.

一个毫不起眼、没有受过多少教育的工匠，约翰·哈里森，最终凭借一系列的发明创造和不断改良，最终获得了这笔丰厚的奖金。

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Recently retired usher John S. Harrison said at age 87 he made a special effort to be there.

最近已退休的接待员约翰·哈里森说87岁时，他在那付出过特别的努力。

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While scientists were studying the stars and moon to solve the longitude problem, a man named John Harrison was working on another project.

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John Harrison's clocks can be seen today at the Old Royal Observatory in Greenwich,England.

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Girls screamed as they tried to get a look at John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

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John Harrison was a working class joiner who developed an obsession for creating high-precision clocks.

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John Harrison, author of Low Cost Living, says that it's all about little steps.

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In their frustration, the scientists refused to concede that they had been wrong and give John Harrison his well-deserved prize.

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