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George Graham:
Mr. Harrison! Summer and winter... how is it done? How is it done, the compensation? John Harrison:
I use a pendulum of different metals that work against each other. George Graham:
Impossible. Doesn't work. I've tried it. John Harrison:
It is possible. It does work. I've built it
Mr. Harrison! Summer and winter... how is it done? How is it done, the compensation? John Harrison:
I use a pendulum of different metals that work against each other. George Graham:
Impossible. Doesn't work. I've tried it. John Harrison:
It is possible. It does work. I've built it
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William Mr Harrison
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Summer and winter how is it done
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How is it done the compensation
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I use a pendulum of different metals that work against each other
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Impossible It doesn't work I've tried it
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It is possible
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It does work
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I built it
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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.

