A modern day John Harrison, ??

ref: Longitude.

 

A modern day John Harrison, ??

ref: Longitude.

I bet John Harrison would have loved to be able to install a quartz crystal controlled movement that ran off a battery, but he was half a century before Volta.

 

A modern day John Harrison, ??

ref: Longitude.

Absolutely loved that book ... in fact, I think I'm gonna read it again

 

 

Absolutely loved that book ... in fact, I think I'm gonna read it again

He would certainly have been facinated by the invention by Jaquet Droz
The writer!

 

 

He would certainly have been facinated by the invention by Jaquet Droz
The writer!

Hi,
The Harrison clocks in the royal observatory are well worth a visit. (No friction grasshopper escapment)
His first clock was made from self lubricating wood!

He would also have appreciated the skills of people like 'clockspring' and the original Antikythera makers.

We have a world full of people who do.
C

 

 

 

 

How to bag a king cobra.

https://x.com/i/status/1942120144169537972

 

Natural selection at work.

 

 

Now there's a man with a lot of time on his hands...