Sir Frank, I'm not asking to mechanically alter the Harrison machines; I just want to...
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Rupert Gould:
Sir Frank, I'm not asking to mechanically alter the Harrison machines; I just want to bring them back to their proper condition. If they're left as they are much longer, I fear they may become unrecoverable. I know my qualifications appear unlikely; I can only plead that they're no more so than Harrison's own.
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Sir Frank I'm not asking to mechanically alter the Harrison machines
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I just want to bring them back to their proper condition
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If they're left as they are much longer I fear they may become unrecoverable
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I know my qualifications appear unlikely
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I can only plead that they're no more so than Harrison's own
Clip duration: 21 seconds
Views: 155
Timestamp in movie: 00h 23m 21s
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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00:22 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
00:22 Oh dear
00:22 So that's it A wooden clock that's his claim to...
00:34 How do you know that It's my job at home