That's where the beauty lies, you see. Each note on the scale is calculated by...
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John Harrison:
It's not just beautiful, it's divine: that's where the beauty lies, you see. Each note on the scale is calculated by mathematical formula, based on the circumference of a circle, you see.
Sir Charles Pelham:
Uh, almost...
John Harrison:
The step between each note is composed of larger and lesser intervals, each derived from pi. It is divine because for the first time we are listening to music as the Lord intended.
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of course It's not just beautiful it's divine
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That's where the beauty lies you see
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Each note on the scale is calculated by a mathematical formula
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based on the circumference of a circle you see
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Er almost
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The step between each note is composed of larger and lesser intervals
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each derived from pi
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It is divine because for the first time we are listening to music as the Lord intended
Clip duration: 32 seconds
Views: 133
Timestamp in movie: 00h 06m 39s
Uploaded: 01 April, 2022
Genres: drama, history
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.
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00:35 Now it is vital to my process Sir Edmund
00:05 What the bloody hell is that
00:21 Sir Frank I'm not asking to mechanically alter the...
00:22 I want you to give up the clock
00:10 I'm afraid you must excuse me
00:35 I sailed in the company of 961 men sir
00:11 They won't reward a theory
00:35 But I know these waters well and I don't think I'm...
00:11 Mr Harrison did you see Dodman's Point
00:27 But that's absurd
00:28 Come with me
00:37 Mark that
00:33 This is Mr Harrison Make sure you look after him
00:06 Well you need another trial
00:20 The thin black lines of latitude and longitude
00:04 The climate and the inclination of the oceans
00:22 That was when I'd finished the clock
00:36 Steady as she goes
00:19 Captain Proctor presents his compliments
00:36 I'm sure she is