Lasky, Kathryn.

The man who made time travel / Kathryn Lasky ; pictures by Kevin Hawkes. - 1st ed. - New York : Melanie Kroups Books, c2003. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Describes the need for sailors to be able to determine their position at sea and the efforts of John Harrison, an eighteenth century man who spent his life refining instruments to enable them to do this.

ISBN: 0374347883

LCCN: 2001033266

Subjects--Personal Names:
Harrison, John, 1693-1776.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Longitude
Chronometers.
Children's literature--2003.

LC Class. No.: QB107 / .L37 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 526/.62/09