John Harrison
The marine chronometer, a precision timekeeping instrument, stands as John Harrison's defining achievement — something he produced during his working life as a clockmaker, watchmaker, inventor, and designer in eighteenth-century Britain.
Harrison was born on 3 April 1693 in Foulby. He held citizenship in the Kingdom of Great Britain and worked across several related disciplines, including clockmaking, watchmaking, inventing, and design. He also worked as an astronomer. These overlapping occupations placed him at the intersection of mechanical craft and scientific inquiry, and it was from that position that he produced the marine chronometer — a device for keeping precise time at sea.
For his work, Harrison received the Copley Medal, a recognition that marked the significance of what he had accomplished. He died on 24 March 1776 in London, having spent the later part of his life in that city.
The marine chronometer he invented remained the concrete legacy of a career built on clockmaking and design. Harrison had started life in a small village, Foulby, and ended it in London, leaving behind an instrument that bore the marks of his combined skills as a clockmaker, watchmaker, designer, and inventor. The Copley Medal he received stands as the single named honour the record attaches to his name.
Quotes by John Harrison
The conditions of bond state you cannot go out and commit other crimes. That's a no-brainer, but sometimes, the court has to tell people that,
I didn't feel that running away would change anything but when the roof of the garage started coming off I thought it was time to go.
The number one reason people participate in these schemes is greed. They want to shift their tax burden to you and me.
Don't be in a hurry to file a return. I've found that when people file late, they forget half of the documentation. So go ahead and file an extension. That gives you plenty of time to get everything together.
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