Longitude by Wire

Longitude by Wire
Author: Richard Stachurski
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781570038013

In this study, Richard Stachurski chronicles the amazing tale of discoveries made by American scientists as they worked to solve the life-threatening quandry faced by mariners of having accurate navigational charts, and to develop a precise method of measuring longitude.