1762 Harrison Chronometer

 MIThril, a borglab production. Richard W. DeVaul, Jonathan Gips, Michael Sung, Sandy Pentland

navigation, time, and an amazing 18th century hacker
1762 John Harrison, invents the pocket chronometer. The Chronometer was the first portable, reliable, time keeping device which allowed mariners to determine their longitudinal position.

Ref: Longitude (The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time) by Dana Sobel. http://www.greenwich2000.com/time/watches/harrison/

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