Hinman B. Hurlbut
1870 · oil on canvas
Unframed: 97.8 x 76.9 cm (38 1/2 x 30 1/4 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art

John Harrison was an English carpenter and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of how to calculate longitude while at sea.
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