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To John Harrison, as a further reward and encouragement, over and above the sums already received by him, for his invention of a time-keeper, for ascertaining the longitude at sea, and his discovery of the principles upon which the same was constructed: £8,750.

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Harrison seems to have spent most of his life in Lincolnshire and London, so maybe this should be banished.

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To John Harrison, as a further reward and encouragement, over and above the sums already received by him, for his invention of a time-keeper, for ascertaining the longitude at sea, and his discovery of the principles upon which the same was constructed: £8,750.

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• George III (1738-1820) (17), ruled 1760-1820 ·
• Harrison, John (1693-1776) (1), West Riding-born autodidact carpenter and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device enabling the calculation of longitude at sea ·
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• London (76) ·
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