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Interweaves two stories: John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer; and naval officer Rupert Gould who, two hundred years later, stumbles across Harrison's forgotten chromometers and devotes himself to restoring Harrison'...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned. |
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New York, NY :
A&E Home Video :
[2000]
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| Summary: | Interweaves two stories: John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer; and naval officer Rupert Gould who, two hundred years later, stumbles across Harrison's forgotten chromometers and devotes himself to restoring Harrison's long-neglected mechanical masterpieces. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the the book by Dava Sobel. Originally produced for television in 1999. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 4 videocassettes (200 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Peter Hannan ; editor, Peter Coulson ; music, Geoffey Burgon. |
| ISBN: | 0767027663 (set) 0767027671 (v.1) 076702768X (v.2) 0767027698 (v.3) 0767027701 (v.4) |