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Sir Charles Pelham:
How can you tell if a clock is running 5 seconds faster, or slower? John Harrison:
My own pendulum clock is adjusted to one second a month. Sir Charles Pelham:
O-ho-ho, no clock can be that accurate. John Harrison:
Mine can
How can you tell if a clock is running 5 seconds faster, or slower? John Harrison:
My own pendulum clock is adjusted to one second a month. Sir Charles Pelham:
O-ho-ho, no clock can be that accurate. John Harrison:
Mine can
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How can you tell if a clock is running five seconds faster or slower
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My own pendulum clock is adjusted to one second a month
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No clock could be that accurate Mine can
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Movie Summary
In two parallel stories, the clockmaker John Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea in the 18th Century and the horologist Rupert Gould becomes obsessed with restoring it in the 20th Century.
Actors
Sir Charles Pelham
John Harrison
