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A specific date for his death was never given, but he died around the age of 80.

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Without John Harrison we may not have found America or even have been able to safely navigate the seas.

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As you see can the to left, his first clock is the H1. Then you can see the H5 in his hand on the picture to the right.

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John devoted over 60 years of his life making clocks.

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Lasky, Kathryn, and Kevin Hawkes. The Man Who Made Time Travel. New York: Melanie Kroups, 2003. Print.

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John harrison's inventions evolved trying achieve the perfect clock at sea.

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The contest to make a clock that could work at sea with minimal errors started when he was 21. This excited him a lot.

Fun Fact

In the end he was never actually declared the "winner"

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Born on the 24 of March 1693, John was always known as very resourceful and was a good tinkerer. He started out as a carpenter then moved on to become a clock maker. John spent his whole life making these special clocks to eventually have his son finish his legacy.

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He started out as a simple carpenter but when the challenge to make a clock came, he rose to the task.

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Completely self taught!!

Never attended a school or had any formal education

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You may be thinking of science fiction time travel but this is not it so if you were looking for that you may leave. The people of this time had a problem trying to have a clock that would work on a boat.  John Harrison devotes his entire life to a project that will revolutionize the world forever