Lasky, Kathryn.

The man who made time travel / Kathryn Lasky ; pictures by Kevin Hawkes. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. - [40] p. : col. ill., col. map ; 28 cm.

"Melanie Kroupa books."

Includes bibliographical references.

Booklist starred Horn Book

Describes the need for sailors to be able to determine their position at sea and the efforts of John Harrison, an eighteenth century man who spent his life refining instruments to enable them to do this.

5.7 Follett Library Resources 3-6

0374347883

2001033266


Harrison, John, 1693-1776 --Juvenile literature.
Harrison, John, 1693-1776.
Harrison, John, 1693-1776.


Chronometers--History--Juvenile literature.
Longitude--Measurement--History--Juvenile literature.
Clock and watch makers--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Chronometers.
Longitude--Measurement.
Clock and watch makers.
Clocks and watches--History.
Longitude--Measurement--History.
Clock and watch makers--Biography.

QB107 / .L37 2003

526/.62/09