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John Harrison's timekeeper No. 4, constructed in 1759. On exhibition at
U.S. Naval Observatory, 1963, through loan by British Admiralty. Forerunner
of modern marine chronometer, this timekeeper gained for Harrison an award of
20,000 pounds offered by Parliament in 1714 for finding longitude at sea.
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