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right
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so
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four
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leave it i can manage
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i thought that was supposed to be for
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cecil it bores him i think
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don't worry he'll grow into it
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partner needs to set the table perhaps
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you better take it to the attic just for
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now
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there's plenty of space up there all
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right
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by using the information tables to
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calculate his longitude
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excuse me reverend massacre and i shall
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have to let them in
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may i have one minute dr bliss most
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certainly
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what are you going to do about your
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precious clocks
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well
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i'm giving a talk to the horological
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society
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for mommy of course not
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you can't just sit around here for the
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rest of your life you know
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i do know may i make a suggestion
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admiral douglas had no right to stop
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your work it was all that publicity
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about your divorce that gave him the
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chance
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if you brought the matter to the
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attention of the navy board yourself
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he would have no legal argument
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they're saying i should write to them
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write to douglas first hinting
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that you might victim giving him the
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opportunity
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to um change his mind
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but that would be blackmail precisely
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i think that's rummy thus dr meyer's
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lunar tables
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allow the navigator to calculate his
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longitude at c
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making allowances for both refraction
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and parallax distortion
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using simple trigonometry
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they suggest that the longitude problem
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is finally to be solved by a clock
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not a clumsy man-made device of spinning
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wheels and levers
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but a celestial clock whose hands are
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the moon
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and whose numerals are the stars a dial
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written across the sky by the creator
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himself
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what do you make of him a lunatic a
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serious one
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you honor the society i thought you
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might be attending the opera again
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tonight no my lord but rest assured the
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opera will be visiting me
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congratulations sir most interesting
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thank you your logic the longitude prize
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is yours then
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my lord i am i hope a scientist
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knowledge itself
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is my reward
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he has ability that young man but little
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sense
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how long will it take to prove these
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tables oh not so long four years perhaps
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can he beat the old carpenter harrison
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he has lost his way
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his third machine has defeated him also
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the rumor has it
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the society was created so that men of
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science might solve the mysteries of our
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planet
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i would not wish to see the longitude
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prize stolen by a country tool maker
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did you find the paper of interest mr
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harrison well i certainly enjoyed the
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reference enthusiasm for trigonometry at
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sea
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lord the moon may only be observed 20
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days in every month and then only when
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there is no cloud
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it is not a practical solution for
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navigation at sea please forgive my son
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william you know
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but he is right mr harrison the
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practical solution is what we all seek
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tell me the society's clock is still
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adjusted by celestial observation
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i believe it is so why is your watch
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wrong no my lord
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it's almost right which is what's more
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curious don't you agree
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four seconds still no change then
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it's from marco mr harrison
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you asked to see me ah mr jefferies
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i was hoping you might be able to do
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some work for me i would be delighted
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could you make me one of these i need
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the teeth to be set a little further
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apart
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have some sketch of the details yes yes
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that should be possible
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would next week be acceptable oh yes yes
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of course thank you
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oh mr jefferies your watch
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is there a problem mr harrison no no i'm
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quite pleased with it
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the modifications are encouraging
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i want to make another must be a little
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larger of course to incorporate some
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more changes i have in mind
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and i was wondering if you would
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consider assisting me i would be happy
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to
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thank you mr jefferies
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see you next week
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what are you doing
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i mean to make another but the third is
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almost ready
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we cannot afford to be distracted now
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you've seen how the watches performed in
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the test
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it's not perfect but what if i could
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make it so
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what if i could make a time piece no
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bigger than the span of a man's hand
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that could be taken to sea now wouldn't
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that be a practical solution
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harrison's fourth machine by reason the
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like of its beauty and its accuracy
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must take pride of place as the most
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famous chronometer that ever has been
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however will be made
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but the journey from his third machine
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which you see behind
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me to his fourth thank you is one of the
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most
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extraordinary mysteries of horology
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faced as he was by a seemingly
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insuperable problem of centrifugal
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forces harrison took
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a daring and lateral leap
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it is as though an aeronautical engineer
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suddenly sees development on a new
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aircraft and instead adapted the
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technology
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to make his bicycle fly to france
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h4 as i've come to call it
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resembles a large silver pear case watch
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about five inches in diameter indeed it
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seems to have been designed for the
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daily wear and the pocket of some
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prompting nagion
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at the moment it's not working but that
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is a state of affairs that i hope very
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shortly to do something about
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we should be finishing work on our third
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machine not wasting time on this deck
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watch
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wasting our time the machine is almost
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ready for its sea trial
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and we've not had time to conduct a
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28-day test on this watch
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let alone three or six months trial i'll
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go when i'm ready another four
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then we need to apply for more money we
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cannot survive any longer than what we
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have
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mr jeffrey's at least should be paid
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even if we are not
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are you unhappy mr jefferies me sir
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no sir
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there you see
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mr gould francis gray
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i enjoyed your talk very much i'm
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looking for people who can explain
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science
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in language that anybody can understand
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children for example
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do you have any of your own two uh but
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we're
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separated not divorced oh no oh well
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that shouldn't be too much of a problem
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next time you're in town perhaps you'd
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care to come and see me i'd like to talk
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to you about something
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certainly oh good here's my card you'll
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find me at the dbc
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mr harrison reverend
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i think you know captain campbell
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captain campbell of his majesty ship
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dorchester congratulations
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captain campbell has been assisting me
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in the preliminary testing of dr maya's
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tables
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the reverend is making a mathematician
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out of me the results are very
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encouraging
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i've been commissioned by the royal
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society to travel to cintellina to
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observe the transit of venus
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so on the way i am to make further tests
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of the tables
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what brings you here we are applying for
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trial a west indies trial
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specified by the act of longitude that's
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great news
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and not before time had almost given up
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on you mr harrison
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i hope you will accept my services in
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any way i can be of assistance
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thanks gentlemen
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um my lords have come
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for more money that is your normal
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reason for honoring our presence is it
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not
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mr harrison your lordship's my third
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timepiece is completed
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i'm testing a fourth which may be of
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great service with respect to the
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longitude
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my son has been urging me for some time
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to put him to trial
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i've decided to agree and wish to apply
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to take him to the west indies
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what a western distraction
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who told me the machine was not even
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adjusted that is what i understood my
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lord but apparently he's making a new
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machine
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what did the board resolve there was a
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suggestion that he might travel to the
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west indies with the captain john
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campbell on the dorset show
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he has to have a trial it mustn't be
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with captain campbell who is his friend
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masculine's trip to saint helena will
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take four months
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harrison must not be permitted to return
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first
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we must find some other occupation for
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the dossier with your permission my lord
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please carry on please please stay
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observe i think you'll find this most
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interesting this is the
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pineal gland but the gland of the
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controls are emotional
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sir this is the first yes sir
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my father took me to lisbon when i were
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eight years old beautiful
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quite beautiful man
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of course
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remarkable and it has kept time
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continuously for 24 years
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ah and this is the second
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and this the third and this is our new
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watch
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extraordinary i congratulate you mr
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harrison
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which of these will you take to the
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indies i will take neither
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i'm an old man not fit for a long
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journey besides i'm no
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sailor my son has an enthusiasm for the
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sea which i do not share
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i shall send him in my stead but you
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must be present for the trial
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my lord as you know we've had difficulty
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in finding a ship
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mr campbell wished to take us but he was
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ordered away on other business
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the delay has however allowed me to
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continue testing my watch
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i'm pleased with it very pleased
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i shall keep the third machine here in
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london with me
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send the watch for test under the care
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of my son william well i hope to be of
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assistance i can't promise you a captain
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as sympathetic as john campbell
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but i will do my best thank you
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what is their crime selling alcohol
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there's a rumor that the ship's beer is
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rotten and the men may be forced to
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drink water
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three were caught selling their own brew
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at an exorbitant price
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is water so terrible
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mr harrison please do not walk away
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it is a requirement that punishment
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should be witnessed by the whole crew
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every stroke that you do not observe
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will be taken again
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thank you gentlemen
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this is what i mean
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this is your water sir
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this is what there is for the men to
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drink if the beer is filed
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we should all have dry throats by then
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i believe that we are closer than that
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but the direction is due south
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did you speak mr harrison
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well according to the watch we should
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cite
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porter santo at dawn tomorrow if we hold
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our present course to himself
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i've checked the figures very carefully
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what do you say gentlemen
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mr harrison i don't pretend to
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understand your calculations
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but i'm under instruction to test your
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watch
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and test it we damn well shall
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mr leo mouth hold this course until
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tomorrow morning
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yes
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send my compliments to the captain i
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think you should come down here
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sleep
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pour me a drink
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neither myself nor my officers will
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drink
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anything this evening other than the
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same
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water that is in front of you start that
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man
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i will not tolerate being interrupted
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when i'm speaking
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now i am aware that what is in front of
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you
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is not the sweetest of beverages
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but we have a guest on board our ship
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under instruction from the admiral team
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he has assured me that we will be able
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to take on fresh water tomorrow from
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madeira he has a machine
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that has made this clear to him
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is there anyone here who wishes to
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quarrel with mr harrison's
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machine
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good then kindly get on with your meal
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good morning sir mommy captain
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what time is it five
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not long now then nobody
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[Music]
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look outside mr leah learmouth they've
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been up there for half an hour
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and the horizon horizon
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yeah horizon clear
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thank you mr lemouth let's put an end to
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this
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mr seward i want all hands to quarters
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within the hour
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mr leonard said a new course please
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south south west if there are any
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complaints about the delay
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the men can take the matter up with mr
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harrison
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sir yeah
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just that over there
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you don't think it could be give me your
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glass
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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oh
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[Music]
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and may i put my marker down here and
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now
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for the first watch that your father
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makes to go on sale
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to the public
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did you put it on the back seat
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nothing's really good rupert
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i think you better take this as well h4
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thank you very much
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i'm sorry if we appear to act a little
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hastily
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i feel like jack and the beanstalk
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stealing away the treasure from the
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giant's castle
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what nothing nice
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motor car not mine i'm afraid borrow it
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from a chum in the raf
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i can't afford one of course you're
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right thank you so much
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look if there are any expenses involved
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tools or
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whatever make a note of them and send
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them to me won't you thank you so much
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news of your achievement is all over
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town
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as is the fact that you are about to win
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20
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000 pounds you're going to be a very
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popular young man mr harrison
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i envy you thank you but i have to get
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back to london before i can be sure
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harrison you are clearly not aware
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that while you were at sea war was
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declared with spain
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frankly i'm surprised the admiralty
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permitted you to travel to jamaica at
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all they must have known that you were
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likely to be stranded here
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but there has to be a ship going back to
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england no
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i'm afraid not besides it would be too
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dangerous to travel unescorted
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i'm sure you wouldn't wish your watch to
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be captured
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by the spanish
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enjoy yourself
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this is a very beautiful island
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where are you going to put it in the
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attic
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and the job what
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you said you were going to london about
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a job
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oh yes i did i met uncle mac
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uncle mac you don't have an uncle mac
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i do now he offered me a job on the
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wireless
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you're not going to play records are you
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not quite
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[Music]
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do you speak english he wants to know
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which of you is the rich bastard
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my dear girl i'm the rich bastard
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perhaps you would allow me the honor of
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the next chance
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[Music]
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look over there over there
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they're from the merlin arrived this
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afternoon to offload some prisoners and
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claim their bounty
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the ships are hot two miles sprung and
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half the rigging gone
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they were on their way to england when
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they came across a privateer
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lucky bastards what's your name of the
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captain
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irish fellow burke williams
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so that's three officers and twelve men
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not including the one who died
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good good witness dias harrison
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we'll take you with us as long as you're
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ready to leave tomorrow
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tomorrow we sail on the moon tide
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mr sayer i'll need you finished up there
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within the hour
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i have to take up diversions to
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establish the longitude of the island
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can't you wait another day my orders say
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i must make sale as soon as i'm
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seaworthy
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so you better get on with it then
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[Music]
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how is it all monster
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what time did you make it well the watch
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says
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the watch i don't need the time back in
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england
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the male little leaves on the noon tide
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how long have we got
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about an hour i should say i'll do the
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calculations later
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i've only stranded here for four months
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mascara may be on his way back from
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cintolina with his lunar results
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come on
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william one of these chaps says he's a
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fisherman he's got a boat moored on the
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beach below he could take them straight
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out it would save time
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you sure i don't think you have an
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option
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the merlin won't wait for you well come
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on then
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[Music]
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good luck back here
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mr harrison i can see you live
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dangerously
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i like that welcome aboard thank you
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captain
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i can see i'm not the only one
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except the upper topsoil
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set the upper
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[Music]
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have done with your summons mr harrison
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go up on deck
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it's a fine sight i cannot be certain
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that we're back in england
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but according to my workings if you take
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the rat into account
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we've lost under a minute since the
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watch left london ten weeks ago
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the uh race when we know the watch loses
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two and a half seconds a day
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we call that the going rate i use that
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in my calculations for madeira
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taking that into account it's a possible
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error in longitude of less than half a
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degree
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let me be the first to congratulate you
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no
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thank you i'm already drunk
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all my life my father's life
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i've been for this moment
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listen if the watch stops now sir
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00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,520
so does my heart but there will be no
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proof of its achievement
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half a degree we won the prize captain
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we won the prize
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captain spaniard on the lava side about
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to cannon shot away every man to his
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station tell the master gunner to report
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to me
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[Music]
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i don't know what she's waiting for
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[Music]
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stand the guns by hey
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[Music]
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back
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[Music]
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00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:33,679
the dial is a white enamel with an
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ornamental design in black
541
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the hour and minute hands are of blue
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steel
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and there is a polished center second
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hand the movement can be swung out of
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the case
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turning on a bolt and joint exactly as
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to those of ordinary watches of the
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[Music]
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period
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it's no good we're gonna have to try
551
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enough runner
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mr macklin put on all the sails you can
553
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carry and set a course to east
554
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class can we get any more men aloft mr
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vanderwein
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we're taking our water forward we've got
557
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to keep the pumps man
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eight minutes at all times changing
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every quarter
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mr and holding you responsible
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[Music]
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the pallet radius and crown wheel are
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both very small compared with the size
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of the balance
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but not content with this harrison
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fitted between the fourth and crown
567
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wheels
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a most ingenious rementor whose action
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at first sight is almost
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uncanny
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she goes
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[Music]
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a slight recoil being receptable at each
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beat
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and goes for 30 hours he played sort of
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brass
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polished but not guilt the pivot holes
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are jeweled as far as the third wheel
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00:31:55,039 --> 00:31:56,000
that is to say
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00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,240
those are the balance staff the taunt
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contract wheel
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00:32:00,159 --> 00:32:03,120
fourth and third wheels the jewels are
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00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:04,080
rubies
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00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,720
and the end stones diamonds it is a
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00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:08,080
masterpiece
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00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:09,840
weighing only slightly less than the
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00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:13,350
brain that conceived it
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00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:19,430
harris
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morning captain how's your watch
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00:32:25,279 --> 00:32:28,720
dry sir i think must be the only thing
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00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,159
on board the ship that is who will
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00:32:30,159 --> 00:32:31,519
believe in naval watch that cannot
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00:32:31,519 --> 00:32:32,720
survive a storm
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00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:34,480
there's many a ship that doesn't survive
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00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,159
a storm mr harrison
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00:32:36,159 --> 00:32:38,240
but the navy don't stop making them it's
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00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,320
not the navy i have to convince her
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00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:48,310
this is the board of longitude
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00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,320
i'm very sorry reverend we are that your
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00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,919
journey to centellina was unsuccessful
601
00:32:53,919 --> 00:32:56,080
unsuccessful sir i think you've been
602
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:58,399
misinformed a thousand miles to observe
603
00:32:58,399 --> 00:32:59,840
the planet venus
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00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,799
and it turns out to be a cloudy day am i
605
00:33:02,799 --> 00:33:04,720
misinformed
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00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:06,720
the transit of venus was but one part of
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00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:07,760
my expedition
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00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:09,360
the lunar observations on the voyage
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00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:11,360
were most interesting as i shall explain
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00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,679
to the board
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00:33:13,679 --> 00:33:18,310
mr harrison
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00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,240
mr william harrison go together if you
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00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:21,519
don't mind my instructions are quite
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00:33:21,519 --> 00:33:22,880
clear sir
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00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:43,669
don't worry they can't hurt us we won
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00:33:43,679 --> 00:33:46,000
mr harrison is this your idea of a
617
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,200
scientific
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00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,559
observation i must apologize sir but
619
00:33:50,559 --> 00:33:52,320
the journey back was very difficult and
620
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:54,159
uh but papers were damaged
621
00:33:54,159 --> 00:33:55,600
i am referring to the fact that it
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00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,519
appears only one observation was taken
623
00:33:57,519 --> 00:33:59,039
in jamaica no no no
624
00:33:59,039 --> 00:34:01,519
too soon but the second it appears was
625
00:34:01,519 --> 00:34:03,760
taken from another position
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00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:05,600
i had very little time sir but i can
627
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,679
assure you the observation was most
628
00:34:07,679 --> 00:34:08,639
carefully taken
629
00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:10,639
with witnesses present as instructed by
630
00:34:10,639 --> 00:34:14,470
the board
631
00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:16,560
mr harrison do you have any formal
632
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,639
astronomical training
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00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:21,440
no sir but i've been taking observations
634
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:32,829
from my father since i was six years old
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00:34:32,839 --> 00:34:36,710
really
636
00:34:36,720 --> 00:34:55,349
mr john harrison
637
00:34:55,359 --> 00:34:59,040
my lords gentlemen if i may beg your
638
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:00,720
indulgence
639
00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:02,960
it is 25 years since i first had the
640
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:04,000
honor
641
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,240
to address this board on the
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00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:09,440
chairmanship of dr edmund ali
643
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,040
and since that time i've worked with
644
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:13,040
only one ambition to satisfy your
645
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:14,240
requirements
646
00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:16,960
as laid down by active parliament for
647
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:20,160
the discovery of longitude at sea
648
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:23,839
it is with both great pride and honor
649
00:35:23,839 --> 00:35:26,480
and humility that i stand here today
650
00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,400
with my son
651
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,440
after his great trial thank you
652
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:35,520
mr harris mayor thank you
653
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:38,400
now i have asked you here to inform you
654
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,560
of the resolution of the board
655
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:42,800
that firstly the brief calculations of
656
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:44,079
mr william harrison
657
00:35:44,079 --> 00:35:46,240
are to be sent for computation and the
658
00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:47,520
instruments
659
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:49,760
used in those observations are also to
660
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:51,520
be sent for examination
661
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,119
the board will then consider these
662
00:35:53,119 --> 00:35:55,440
reports at a further meeting the date
663
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:58,800
of which will be announced in due course
664
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:14,230
that will be all for now gentlemen
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00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:16,880
sir i am an old man and an old man can
666
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:19,359
sometimes find his senses unexpectedly
667
00:36:19,359 --> 00:36:21,119
weakened
668
00:36:21,119 --> 00:36:22,960
there is perhaps an element of your
669
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:26,160
argument that i have misunderstood or
670
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,560
even misheard
671
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:33,359
my watch philosophy lost one minute
672
00:36:33,359 --> 00:36:37,440
53 and a half seconds after 81 days at
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00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:38,720
sea
674
00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:40,640
as witness and signed in the in the
675
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:41,920
papers you have before you which you
676
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,400
seem so keen to put away
677
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:48,320
i have fulfilled the terms most exactly
678
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,320
as laid down in the act of queen anne
679
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:52,880
and i demand
680
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:54,800
did you consider the question of my
681
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,910
reward
682
00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:02,079
mr harrison i am not a commissioner of
683
00:37:02,079 --> 00:37:04,320
the gaming board here to settle some
684
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:09,589
bet i am a scientist back on
685
00:37:09,599 --> 00:37:13,440
now the board are at present unsatisfied
686
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,359
with the information before them but
687
00:37:15,359 --> 00:37:16,800
have decided to make
688
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,680
further investigation with the help of
689
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:21,599
some expert advice now you will be
690
00:37:21,599 --> 00:37:22,240
summoned
691
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:24,800
in due course to hear the results of
692
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,440
that investigation
693
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:31,910
thank you
694
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:37,349
observations on what grounds too
695
00:37:37,359 --> 00:37:38,960
no more necessary to make multiple
696
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:40,720
observations than it is to look at once
697
00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:41,599
what a hundred
698
00:37:41,599 --> 00:37:43,920
times to tell the time i'll go to
699
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,680
greenwich tomorrow and start a program
700
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:47,760
of experiments to prove exactly that
701
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,160
we shall fight them interested only in
702
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:51,680
observations
703
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:54,079
not in the time keeping the clock
704
00:37:54,079 --> 00:37:55,680
because they are astronomers it's all
705
00:37:55,680 --> 00:38:08,230
they understand
706
00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:11,680
rupert gould 10 30. program
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00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,400
children's eye you've got seven and a
708
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:16,800
half minutes which is about 1500 words
709
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:18,480
how long is your script i don't have a
710
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:19,760
script
711
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:21,760
but you have to have a script i have a
712
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:22,800
watch
713
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:24,079
don't worry it'll be seven and a half
714
00:38:24,079 --> 00:38:26,880
minutes well don't forget
715
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:30,079
at the end say goodbye everyone count to
716
00:38:30,079 --> 00:38:30,960
three
717
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:34,240
one two three and say goodbye
718
00:38:34,240 --> 00:38:36,640
why the pause so the children can say
719
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:40,550
goodbye back to you
720
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:42,800
i want you to close your eyes and try to
721
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:43,680
think a thought
722
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:46,400
that nobody else has ever thought before
723
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:48,320
think very hard
724
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,000
pay no attention to anybody else around
725
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,480
you what do you see
726
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,880
is it just darkness or is there a
727
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:56,320
picture
728
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:58,560
most of us with our eyes closed just see
729
00:38:58,560 --> 00:38:59,760
the dark
730
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,920
but the artist or the scientist can
731
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:02,880
sometimes
732
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:05,119
see something new something never
733
00:39:05,119 --> 00:39:07,040
thought of before
734
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:08,880
it's these ideas that can change our
735
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:10,079
lives
736
00:39:10,079 --> 00:39:12,000
and the people who think of them whether
737
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,079
they are musicians painters
738
00:39:14,079 --> 00:39:16,000
architects or engineers are called
739
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,160
inventors
740
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:21,040
some of you listening now are inventors
741
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:22,240
open your eyes
742
00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:25,599
look around can you tell who it'll be
743
00:39:25,599 --> 00:39:27,599
will it be somebody with untidy hair and
744
00:39:27,599 --> 00:39:28,960
big glasses
745
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:32,320
i doubt it but new inventions often seem
746
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:33,520
strange at first
747
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:36,400
even frightening something that seems
748
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:37,359
normal to us
749
00:39:37,359 --> 00:39:39,760
the clock ticking on the mantelpiece
750
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,040
would have seemed like a magician's
751
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:42,000
trick a few hundred
752
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:45,119
years ago mr harrison we have asked you
753
00:39:45,119 --> 00:39:46,720
here to acquaint you with the
754
00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:47,920
resolutions
755
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:51,680
of this board we find that the jamaica
756
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,160
trial recently undertaken
757
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:56,800
was not sufficient to determine the
758
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:58,000
longitude
759
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:02,000
at sea laid down by act of parliament
760
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,359
yes sir uh i beg you please
761
00:40:05,359 --> 00:40:08,390
let me finish
762
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,200
the board therefore wishes to instigate
763
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:11,680
a
764
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,839
further trial with mr harrison or some
765
00:40:13,839 --> 00:40:15,359
suitable individual
766
00:40:15,359 --> 00:40:18,640
accompanied by an astronomer approved by
767
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:19,839
the board
768
00:40:19,839 --> 00:40:23,359
to witness the observations
769
00:40:23,359 --> 00:40:26,480
uh gentlemen at our last meeting
770
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,960
you questioned the observations taken by
771
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:30,800
myself in jamaica
772
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:34,079
since then i have compiled
773
00:40:34,079 --> 00:40:36,960
an extensive report prepared at
774
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:37,440
greenwich
775
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:39,440
please don't exert yourself mr harrison
776
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:40,960
the board has withdrawn
777
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:45,990
the objections to your observations
778
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,349
then why did we fail
779
00:40:49,359 --> 00:40:52,560
one trial of the watch proves nothing
780
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:54,160
the results may have been chance alone
781
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,000
and besides the board
782
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,800
is not satisfied that the true longitude
783
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:01,119
of jamaica is known
784
00:41:01,119 --> 00:41:03,040
and feels therefore that a proper
785
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:04,560
evaluation is impossible
786
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:13,750
but you knew that all along
787
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:20,880
may i see the results of these computers
788
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,760
no i i'm afraid not i mean that would
789
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:25,920
require their individual permissions and
790
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:27,839
we don't have that at the moment
791
00:41:27,839 --> 00:41:30,480
now i must ask you mr harrison whether
792
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:32,160
you will accept the resolution of this
793
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,400
board for a further trial accompanied by
794
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,359
an official astronomer
795
00:41:37,359 --> 00:41:40,480
maritime museum's a marvelous idea and
796
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:42,319
the perfect place for harrison's
797
00:41:42,319 --> 00:41:43,920
masterpieces
798
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:45,680
we've already written to the science
799
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:47,440
museum to tell them that we want them
800
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:48,480
back
801
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:51,280
they were not pleased i can tell you in
802
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:52,640
fact i've applied for one of the
803
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:54,160
curatorships
804
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:57,359
yes i know i wanted to talk to you about
805
00:41:57,359 --> 00:41:58,960
that
806
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:01,040
have they considered my application i'm
807
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:02,160
afraid your
808
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:04,400
application was not officially put
809
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:05,680
before the committee
810
00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:09,839
why well i'm not the one that decides
811
00:42:09,839 --> 00:42:11,599
these things but
812
00:42:11,599 --> 00:42:13,440
after all that nonsense in the
813
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:14,839
newspapers it was not
814
00:42:14,839 --> 00:42:18,720
felt appropriate that's it
815
00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:20,960
keep her level that's it there here she
816
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:23,829
goes
817
00:42:23,839 --> 00:42:29,349
keep coming yes
818
00:42:29,359 --> 00:42:32,710
thank you
819
00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:37,839
thank you so much oh i'm sorry
820
00:42:37,839 --> 00:42:50,710
of course
821
00:42:50,720 --> 00:42:52,560
good morning christopher owen and the
822
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:54,640
marine chair oh good morning to you sir
823
00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:56,640
mr john jeffrey is at your service and
824
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:59,119
may i present mr john harrison
825
00:42:59,119 --> 00:43:01,280
the clockmaker i'm very honored to meet
826
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:04,240
you i take it this machine is intended
827
00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:05,760
for the taking of
828
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:08,880
lunar observations yes impervious
829
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:12,480
for the weather and the waves
830
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:22,470
sir it's my own invention john
831
00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:25,599
simple yet
832
00:43:25,599 --> 00:43:29,359
effective and will completely solve
833
00:43:29,359 --> 00:43:34,000
the problem of the longitude
834
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,480
i've made two ready to sail to barbados
835
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:37,760
with the reverend maslin
836
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:41,440
masculine yes they said i should be here
837
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:43,440
at midday mr bliss was most particular
838
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:46,079
mr harrison
839
00:43:46,079 --> 00:43:52,470
oh i can manage jewelries mr louie
840
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:55,520
my lord this is prevarication if no
841
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,359
astronomer is appointed then the matter
842
00:43:57,359 --> 00:43:58,720
must be postponed
843
00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:01,920
i only beg your indulgence sir
844
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:03,760
we're aware that you've made various
845
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:05,599
unsuccessful applications
846
00:44:05,599 --> 00:44:07,280
and not surprisingly perhaps no
847
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:09,280
reputable man has agreed to waste his
848
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:10,800
time on such an expedition
849
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:20,829
we should therefore move on to other
850
00:44:20,839 --> 00:44:22,550
matters
851
00:44:22,550 --> 00:44:30,470
[Music]
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00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:33,599
i must apologize for my late arrival mr
853
00:44:33,599 --> 00:44:34,240
harrison
854
00:44:34,240 --> 00:44:35,920
we are discussing the matter of an
855
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:37,680
astronomer to accompany the trial of
856
00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:39,359
your father's watch
857
00:44:39,359 --> 00:44:42,319
well lord i have a proposal mr green no
858
00:44:42,319 --> 00:44:42,960
greenwich
859
00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:45,119
we have already covered this now he did
860
00:44:45,119 --> 00:44:46,960
write to mr green but sadly
861
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:48,800
i spoke to him yesterday and he must
862
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:50,240
decline his recent
863
00:44:50,240 --> 00:44:52,240
duties of the observatory extremely
864
00:44:52,240 --> 00:44:54,240
demanding i can confirm this my lord
865
00:44:54,240 --> 00:44:56,880
i was there and mr greene was adamant
866
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:58,319
lord i've just come from greenwich where
867
00:44:58,319 --> 00:45:00,160
i had the good fortune to speak
868
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:03,119
myself with mr green i trust mr harrison
869
00:45:03,119 --> 00:45:04,800
it's not your intention
870
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:06,480
to question the word of two members of
871
00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:08,480
this board oh my lord
872
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:10,400
but mr green has kindly agreed to
873
00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:14,710
accompany me here
874
00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:17,119
no i certainly have never seen anything
875
00:45:17,119 --> 00:45:20,240
like it most extraordinary
876
00:45:20,240 --> 00:45:22,560
stays completely upright in any weather
877
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:23,839
i see
878
00:45:23,839 --> 00:45:27,040
mr green what are you doing here i'm not
879
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:28,319
exactly sure reverend
880
00:45:28,319 --> 00:45:30,960
it has been a most confusing morning
881
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:32,960
christopher irwin the marine chair
882
00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:40,150
mr greene excuse me
883
00:45:40,160 --> 00:45:41,520
you wouldn't by any chance be the
884
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:43,280
reverend masculine
885
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:45,760
what my name is christopher irwin and
886
00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:46,880
this is the marine
887
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:50,550
chair yes i think i gathered that
888
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:52,960
so in principle mr green you would be
889
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,599
prepared to accompany the expedition
890
00:45:55,599 --> 00:45:58,079
yes but but what you are saying i think
891
00:45:58,079 --> 00:45:59,440
is that you would require
892
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:03,119
permission from your superior
893
00:46:03,119 --> 00:46:06,160
correct me if i'm wrong well perhaps
894
00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:09,200
my colleagues and i could help you with
895
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:10,960
that
896
00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:14,079
dr bliss who exactly is
897
00:46:14,079 --> 00:46:16,720
mr green's superior you know perfectly
898
00:46:16,720 --> 00:46:18,400
well he works for me at the observatory
899
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:19,680
then if you were to remove your
900
00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:21,359
objection the matter may be settled
901
00:46:21,359 --> 00:46:23,359
my lords i believe the reverend neville
902
00:46:23,359 --> 00:46:24,880
masculine would be a more suitable
903
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:25,760
observer
904
00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:27,760
his presence on the trial would allow us
905
00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:29,359
to test the lunar data
906
00:46:29,359 --> 00:46:31,760
he is compiling i have here a copy of
907
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:33,680
his new publication the british mariners
908
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:35,280
guide it contains an entry
909
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:37,119
for the position of the moon at every
910
00:46:37,119 --> 00:46:38,960
day of every hour for the next three
911
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:39,760
years
912
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:42,000
it enables with observation the
913
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:42,880
calculation
914
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:45,040
at sea of the longitude very well my
915
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:46,800
lord i propose that both mr green
916
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:49,440
and mr masculine go can we all agree on
917
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:51,440
that
918
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:53,920
then the matter is seven i think there
919
00:46:53,920 --> 00:47:05,910
may be one or two other points
920
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:08,079
we would like to see six equal altitude
921
00:47:08,079 --> 00:47:09,839
observations per day for three
922
00:47:09,839 --> 00:47:12,160
consecutive days impossible you cannot
923
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:14,240
get six activations a day at greenwich
924
00:47:14,240 --> 00:47:16,560
let alone the west indies captain cam
925
00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:19,119
he's right let it read as many as are
926
00:47:19,119 --> 00:47:20,079
practical
927
00:47:20,079 --> 00:47:30,950
very well for as many as are practical
928
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:32,960
the watch must be submitted to me at the
929
00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:34,240
observatory
930
00:47:34,240 --> 00:47:37,440
for testing to determine its rate before
931
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:40,319
the second trial i'm not letting the
932
00:47:40,319 --> 00:47:42,319
watch out of my sight
933
00:47:42,319 --> 00:47:46,720
we need to determine the rate captain
934
00:47:46,720 --> 00:47:50,559
enlighten us i think the rate should be
935
00:47:50,559 --> 00:47:52,720
determined by whoever is closest to the
936
00:47:52,720 --> 00:47:54,000
instrument
937
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:57,119
which must be harrison provided that it
938
00:47:57,119 --> 00:47:58,880
is disclosed before the voyage starts
939
00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:06,400
there is no possibility of dissimulation
940
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:08,000
we believe that the reverend masklyn
941
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:09,599
should travel on a different ship than
942
00:48:09,599 --> 00:48:10,400
the harrison
943
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:12,880
so that he may have more time to set up
944
00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:14,960
his instruments for the observation
945
00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:20,480
of jupiter's moons agreed
946
00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:23,270
agreed
947
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:26,710
[Music]
948
00:48:26,720 --> 00:48:28,400
gentlemen the river and masculine will
949
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:30,640
be in barbados one month before you and
950
00:48:30,640 --> 00:48:32,160
we'll have everything prepared for your
951
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:32,720
arrival
952
00:48:32,720 --> 00:48:34,880
it remains for us to wish you every
953
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:35,839
success
954
00:48:35,839 --> 00:48:48,460
aboard his majesty's ship tata
955
00:48:48,460 --> 00:49:00,839
[Music]
956
00:49:00,839 --> 00:49:02,880
so
957
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:31,109
mr harrison here's the successful voyage
958
00:49:31,119 --> 00:49:33,280
well i would like to take another
959
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:35,280
observation if you don't mind just to be
960
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:35,680
sure
961
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:43,349
indeed captain lindsay certainly
962
00:49:43,359 --> 00:49:46,240
mr irwin just in time to witness our
963
00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:47,040
observation
964
00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:49,119
well we're expecting you to meet us uh
965
00:49:49,119 --> 00:49:51,359
no one told us that you had arrived
966
00:49:51,359 --> 00:49:52,960
the transmission of information is not a
967
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:54,400
strong point among the inhabitants of
968
00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:56,160
this island i'm afraid
969
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:58,319
how's the void very satisfying where is
970
00:49:58,319 --> 00:49:59,200
masculine
971
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:01,760
well a man's an idiot could you hold
972
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:02,720
this a mom
973
00:50:02,720 --> 00:50:05,920
yes of course he has no understanding of
974
00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:06,800
my chair
975
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:08,240
simply because a hinge broke on the
976
00:50:08,240 --> 00:50:10,000
second day out causing him some
977
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:12,319
very minor inconvenience he's completely
978
00:50:12,319 --> 00:50:14,319
refused to use it
979
00:50:14,319 --> 00:50:15,839
what sort of a scientist does that make
980
00:50:15,839 --> 00:50:17,680
him 23 degrees
981
00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:21,599
of elevation another watch at
982
00:50:21,599 --> 00:50:26,480
3 57 that gives us a longitude of 59
983
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:27,359
degrees
984
00:50:27,359 --> 00:50:30,559
zero minutes and 30 seconds captain
985
00:50:30,559 --> 00:50:31,920
lindsay would you be kind enough to give
986
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:35,589
me your signature sir
987
00:50:35,599 --> 00:50:38,720
is that it what do you mean is that all
988
00:50:38,720 --> 00:50:39,359
you do
989
00:50:39,359 --> 00:50:40,800
i started to disappoint you mr airman
990
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:42,720
what did you expect mr green would you
991
00:50:42,720 --> 00:50:45,359
care to witness oh of course mr harrison
992
00:50:45,359 --> 00:50:47,599
well the reverend masculine spends half
993
00:50:47,599 --> 00:50:49,839
the day calculating his sons
994
00:50:49,839 --> 00:50:51,440
and with a good deal of bad temper
995
00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:53,839
besides i have once or twice offered to
996
00:50:53,839 --> 00:50:54,240
help
997
00:50:54,240 --> 00:50:56,720
being uh something of a mathematician
998
00:50:56,720 --> 00:50:57,520
myself
999
00:50:57,520 --> 00:50:59,200
and have been most rudely addressed by
1000
00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:04,390
him it's lunatics for you
1001
00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:07,040
you'll find him very confident of what
1002
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:08,000
the longitude solution
1003
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:10,319
is found apparently he was very annoyed
1004
00:51:10,319 --> 00:51:11,440
that it was not recognized after the
1005
00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:13,040
voyage to centellina
1006
00:51:13,040 --> 00:51:16,000
but he's convinced it is his now he's
1007
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:17,839
told half the island
1008
00:51:17,839 --> 00:51:19,119
as a result of which he's followed
1009
00:51:19,119 --> 00:51:20,960
everywhere by the three unwed ladies of
1010
00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:21,599
the town
1011
00:51:21,599 --> 00:51:23,440
and their mothers who are convinced he
1012
00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:25,200
is to be rich
1013
00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:27,920
he doesn't seem to notice though i don't
1014
00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:34,829
think he's very
1015
00:51:34,839 --> 00:51:38,000
interested
1016
00:51:38,010 --> 00:51:40,800
[Music]
1017
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:43,440
oh it is a hard life i admit but i find
1018
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:44,880
myself enjoying it
1019
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:47,200
no there's no more training required
1020
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:48,160
whatsoever i mean
1021
00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:50,559
anyone who sat down before can use it
1022
00:51:50,559 --> 00:51:53,119
well almost anyone
1023
00:51:53,119 --> 00:51:56,079
thank you not expected to see the
1024
00:51:56,079 --> 00:51:57,920
reverend masculine here
1025
00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:01,760
sends his apologies thank you
1026
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:04,000
he's at his observatory it's out there
1027
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:06,400
in the hills outside the town
1028
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:08,400
he's expecting to see you tomorrow
1029
00:52:08,400 --> 00:52:09,440
morning
1030
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:12,000
you must be very proud to be part of his
1031
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:13,119
expedition
1032
00:52:13,119 --> 00:52:16,559
i beg your pardon madam mr harrison
1033
00:52:16,559 --> 00:52:18,160
intends to challenge the reverend
1034
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:18,720
gentleman
1035
00:52:18,720 --> 00:52:24,549
not to support him he is his competitor
1036
00:52:24,559 --> 00:52:44,829
oh dear how silly of me
1037
00:52:44,839 --> 00:52:46,559
uh
1038
00:52:46,559 --> 00:52:49,920
congratulations on a safe trip welcome
1039
00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:50,640
to this
1040
00:52:50,640 --> 00:52:55,510
island paradise good morning
1041
00:52:55,520 --> 00:52:56,880
i was sorry to miss your dinner last
1042
00:52:56,880 --> 00:52:58,240
night those things become a little
1043
00:52:58,240 --> 00:52:59,359
predictable after a while
1044
00:52:59,359 --> 00:53:02,400
such a perfect night i understand
1045
00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:04,400
it is you who is to be congratulated
1046
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:06,400
really you know everyone at dinner last
1047
00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:07,440
night informed me you'd won the
1048
00:53:07,440 --> 00:53:09,920
longitude prize
1049
00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:11,200
you should not take talk back that
1050
00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:13,040
seriously mr harrison i wouldn't
1051
00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:14,319
would it not for the fact that a talk
1052
00:53:14,319 --> 00:53:17,040
apparently came from you reverend
1053
00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:18,559
under the circumstances i think it would
1054
00:53:18,559 --> 00:53:20,000
be improper that you take the equal
1055
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:21,520
altitude observations that will
1056
00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:23,599
determine the accuracy of my watch
1057
00:53:23,599 --> 00:53:25,280
and i will prefer them to be taken by mr
1058
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:27,760
green here and witnessed by captain
1059
00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:30,160
how dare you say that to me sir i am a
1060
00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:30,960
scientist
1061
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:33,119
oh dear boy i don't think he meant oh
1062
00:53:33,119 --> 00:53:36,319
shut up you stupid stupid man
1063
00:53:36,319 --> 00:53:49,290
gentlemen could i suggest a compromise
1064
00:53:49,300 --> 00:53:57,200
[Music]
1065
00:53:57,200 --> 00:53:58,160
impossible to take a measurement
1066
00:53:58,160 --> 00:54:01,870
properly under these circumstances
1067
00:54:01,880 --> 00:54:06,079
28 degrees and 15 minutes
1068
00:54:06,079 --> 00:54:09,760
28 degrees and 15 minutes 38 degrees
1069
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:13,200
15 minutes would you be quiet i'm so
1070
00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:15,119
sorry to have disturbed you we are
1071
00:54:15,119 --> 00:54:18,480
quite finished look old man
1072
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:20,000
why don't you make another observation
1073
00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:22,240
tomorrow
1074
00:54:22,240 --> 00:54:43,190
i'm sure the conditions will be better
1075
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:46,630
william
1076
00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:50,000
i thought we'd lost you i think perhaps
1077
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:52,880
you have
1078
00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:54,559
you know today is the first day i can
1079
00:54:54,559 --> 00:54:56,000
remember
1080
00:54:56,000 --> 00:54:57,839
when i haven't looked at a clock or a
1081
00:54:57,839 --> 00:54:59,359
watch
1082
00:54:59,359 --> 00:55:04,870
or even do the calculation
1083
00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:08,470
i didn't know what to do at first
1084
00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:11,599
i just started to walk
1085
00:55:11,599 --> 00:55:15,440
what is it bad news i'm afraid
1086
00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:19,280
i found you a ship she's a merchantman
1087
00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:22,000
captain's name is robert manley seems a
1088
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:22,960
good fellow
1089
00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:32,829
and uh she sails at noon
1090
00:55:32,839 --> 00:55:46,829
tomorrow
1091
00:55:46,839 --> 00:56:03,589
so
1092
00:56:03,599 --> 00:56:06,960
what do you do sell the house i suppose
1093
00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:09,280
there's no choice about that
1094
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:11,520
i can't afford to keep it well where
1095
00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:12,640
will you live
1096
00:56:12,640 --> 00:56:17,040
oh i'll find somewhere a small hotel
1097
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:18,240
what about the clocks i don't suppose a
1098
00:56:18,240 --> 00:56:20,960
hotel would put up with them
1099
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:22,559
there's only one left you'll be pleased
1100
00:56:22,559 --> 00:56:25,920
to hear it's proving to be a bit tricky
1101
00:56:25,920 --> 00:56:27,520
i'm sending it back to greenwich i'll
1102
00:56:27,520 --> 00:56:29,119
finish working on it there
1103
00:56:29,119 --> 00:56:30,640
oh yes cecil said you'd applied for a
1104
00:56:30,640 --> 00:56:33,520
job as a curator no no i uh
1105
00:56:33,520 --> 00:56:39,349
i changed my mind about that
1106
00:56:39,359 --> 00:56:45,760
well goodbye then bye
1107
00:56:45,760 --> 00:56:47,760
laura says there's going to be a war
1108
00:56:47,760 --> 00:56:48,880
what do you think
1109
00:56:48,880 --> 00:56:56,710
i don't think so it's all phony
1110
00:56:56,720 --> 00:57:10,309
thank you so much
1111
00:57:10,319 --> 00:57:13,599
how was he very weak he's angry with
1112
00:57:13,599 --> 00:57:14,720
himself that he could not be there to
1113
00:57:14,720 --> 00:57:15,280
greet you
1114
00:57:15,280 --> 00:57:17,760
he received your letters how long has it
1115
00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:19,359
been like this
1116
00:57:19,359 --> 00:57:22,549
since you left
1117
00:57:22,559 --> 00:57:26,240
try not to get him excited
1118
00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:28,079
the fever is strong i have led him again
1119
00:57:28,079 --> 00:57:29,839
but he's very weak and i dare do no more
1120
00:57:29,839 --> 00:57:31,520
i'll come back tomorrow
1121
00:57:31,520 --> 00:57:41,990
thank you
1122
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:45,839
when i was just a baby
1123
00:57:45,839 --> 00:57:50,960
i remember lying in bed very sick
1124
00:57:50,960 --> 00:57:53,920
and my mother holding a watch in front
1125
00:57:53,920 --> 00:57:54,960
of my face
1126
00:57:54,960 --> 00:57:59,030
while she sang to me
1127
00:57:59,040 --> 00:58:02,160
i don't remember the song but the
1128
00:58:02,160 --> 00:58:03,920
kicking of the watch
1129
00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:08,160
seemed like an orchestra playing with
1130
00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:11,520
and then she she laid the watch on my
1131
00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:13,359
pillow
1132
00:58:13,359 --> 00:58:16,880
afterwards she used to say it sent me to
1133
00:58:16,880 --> 00:58:18,720
sleep
1134
00:58:18,720 --> 00:58:22,799
but it didn't people say
1135
00:58:22,799 --> 00:58:25,920
the tick of a clock is like a single
1136
00:58:25,920 --> 00:58:27,520
sound
1137
00:58:27,520 --> 00:58:30,720
but it's hundreds
1138
00:58:30,720 --> 00:58:33,599
it's hundreds of tiny frictionless
1139
00:58:33,599 --> 00:58:35,040
expansions
1140
00:58:35,040 --> 00:58:38,240
and contractions all twisted into a
1141
00:58:38,240 --> 00:58:44,470
single moment
1142
00:58:44,480 --> 00:58:47,599
i'm very sorry i wasn't there to meet
1143
00:58:47,599 --> 00:58:48,960
you
1144
00:58:48,960 --> 00:58:53,200
never mind about that we did it
1145
00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:54,559
mr green was there and witnessed
1146
00:58:54,559 --> 00:58:57,520
everything even masculine can't deny it
1147
00:58:57,520 --> 00:59:03,270
this time they can't refuse us
1148
00:59:03,280 --> 00:59:06,799
i like to see their faces when you tell
1149
00:59:06,799 --> 00:59:13,910
them
1150
00:59:13,920 --> 00:59:20,470
he looks pleased with himself
1151
00:59:20,480 --> 00:59:22,400
still there is one piece of news the
1152
00:59:22,400 --> 00:59:23,760
very reverend john bliss had the
1153
00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:25,440
misfortune to fall off his horse whilst
1154
00:59:25,440 --> 00:59:30,549
taking exercise in the park
1155
00:59:30,559 --> 00:59:34,319
he did not recover it's devastating
1156
00:59:34,319 --> 00:59:43,750
isn't it
1157
00:59:43,760 --> 00:59:46,480
who's to be astronomer royal not decided
1158
00:59:46,480 --> 00:59:48,079
yet
1159
00:59:48,079 --> 00:59:57,109
mr william harrison
1160
00:59:57,119 --> 01:00:00,079
mr harrison you may have heard the sad
1161
01:00:00,079 --> 01:00:01,839
death of the astronomer royal in your
1162
01:00:01,839 --> 01:00:02,799
absence
1163
01:00:02,799 --> 01:00:04,960
yes sir i'd like to take this
1164
01:00:04,960 --> 01:00:06,880
opportunity to present the new
1165
01:00:06,880 --> 01:00:08,079
astronomer royal
1166
01:00:08,079 --> 01:00:09,920
good morning william the reverend
1167
01:00:09,920 --> 01:00:11,200
neville masculine
1168
01:00:11,200 --> 01:00:13,280
recently returned from a most successful
1169
01:00:13,280 --> 01:00:17,430
trip to the west indies
1170
01:00:17,440 --> 01:00:18,640
the members of the board will be
1171
01:00:18,640 --> 01:00:20,319
familiar i think with his report and the
1172
01:00:20,319 --> 01:00:22,160
astonishing success he had on his
1173
01:00:22,160 --> 01:00:23,040
journey
1174
01:00:23,040 --> 01:00:25,440
and the triumphant use of professor
1175
01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:27,760
meyer's tables
1176
01:00:27,760 --> 01:00:29,839
i'm sure i also must congratulate the
1177
01:00:29,839 --> 01:00:32,319
reverend masculine but as we all know
1178
01:00:32,319 --> 01:00:34,079
the calculation with the watch may be
1179
01:00:34,079 --> 01:00:35,839
completed in a matter of minutes and
1180
01:00:35,839 --> 01:00:37,680
does not depend upon the weather be
1181
01:00:37,680 --> 01:00:38,880
quiet mr harrison
1182
01:00:38,880 --> 01:00:40,319
we are coming now to the matter of the
1183
01:00:40,319 --> 01:00:42,319
watch and the opinion of the computers
1184
01:00:42,319 --> 01:00:43,760
captain campbell
1185
01:00:43,760 --> 01:00:46,160
your test this is your report and that
1186
01:00:46,160 --> 01:00:48,079
you and your colleagues agree on it
1187
01:00:48,079 --> 01:00:51,760
we do very well mr harrison please step
1188
01:00:51,760 --> 01:00:55,109
forward
1189
01:00:55,119 --> 01:00:57,520
it is the finding of this board that the
1190
01:00:57,520 --> 01:00:59,599
watch of timepiece created by john and
1191
01:00:59,599 --> 01:01:00,960
william harrison
1192
01:01:00,960 --> 01:01:03,280
did keep correct time within the
1193
01:01:03,280 --> 01:01:04,799
greatest accuracy
1194
01:01:04,799 --> 01:01:07,119
required by the act of queen anne as
1195
01:01:07,119 --> 01:01:08,640
drawn up by parliament
1196
01:01:08,640 --> 01:01:11,310
51 years ago
1197
01:01:11,310 --> 01:01:17,349
[Applause]
1198
01:01:17,359 --> 01:01:19,119
well may i have a copy of those to show
1199
01:01:19,119 --> 01:01:21,359
my father he has waited a long time to
1200
01:01:21,359 --> 01:01:23,280
hear your lordship's kind words
1201
01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:25,520
in good time mr harrison astronomer
1202
01:01:25,520 --> 01:01:27,359
royal would you be kind enough to read
1203
01:01:27,359 --> 01:01:31,589
the fifth paragraph of the act
1204
01:01:31,599 --> 01:01:33,280
and be it further enacted by the
1205
01:01:33,280 --> 01:01:35,040
authority of foresaid that as soon as
1206
01:01:35,040 --> 01:01:36,640
such method for the discovery of the
1207
01:01:36,640 --> 01:01:38,000
said longitude shall have been
1208
01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:40,799
tried and found practicable and useful
1209
01:01:40,799 --> 01:01:41,359
at sea
1210
01:01:41,359 --> 01:01:44,640
thank you practicable and useful
1211
01:01:44,640 --> 01:01:46,480
those are the words i wish to draw to
1212
01:01:46,480 --> 01:01:48,079
your attention
1213
01:01:48,079 --> 01:01:50,960
we accept the usefulness of the watch
1214
01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:54,079
but is it practicable
1215
01:01:54,079 --> 01:01:56,319
mr harrison himself has never permitted
1216
01:01:56,319 --> 01:01:58,319
this committee to examine the workings
1217
01:01:58,319 --> 01:01:59,520
of his timepiece
1218
01:01:59,520 --> 01:02:01,839
i suggest to you that is because he
1219
01:02:01,839 --> 01:02:02,640
himself
1220
01:02:02,640 --> 01:02:05,839
has doubt about the practical use of his
1221
01:02:05,839 --> 01:02:06,799
invention
1222
01:02:06,799 --> 01:02:08,799
lords you must understand that my father
1223
01:02:08,799 --> 01:02:10,559
has sought to
1224
01:02:10,559 --> 01:02:12,400
protect his word from those who might
1225
01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:14,079
steal his inventions but if
1226
01:02:14,079 --> 01:02:17,039
this board requires it we shall submit
1227
01:02:17,039 --> 01:02:18,799
detailed drawings of the workings of the
1228
01:02:18,799 --> 01:02:20,799
watch when he has received his prize
1229
01:02:20,799 --> 01:02:24,079
mr harrison this board does not accept
1230
01:02:24,079 --> 01:02:26,319
restrictions placed upon its work as
1231
01:02:26,319 --> 01:02:29,039
prescribed by parliament
1232
01:02:29,039 --> 01:02:31,200
here are the conditions required for
1233
01:02:31,200 --> 01:02:35,119
fulfillment of the terms of the act
1234
01:02:35,119 --> 01:02:37,839
first your father must in person take
1235
01:02:37,839 --> 01:02:39,680
the watch apart
1236
01:02:39,680 --> 01:02:41,599
and explain the working of every detail
1237
01:02:41,599 --> 01:02:43,200
to the complete satisfaction of such
1238
01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:45,440
persons as this board shall appoint
1239
01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:47,119
this shall include any experimental
1240
01:02:47,119 --> 01:02:49,280
observations they may require
1241
01:02:49,280 --> 01:02:52,559
secondly he shall make or cause to be
1242
01:02:52,559 --> 01:02:54,880
made under his soul direction
1243
01:02:54,880 --> 01:02:58,079
two further watches of the same design
1244
01:02:58,079 --> 01:03:00,839
to demonstrate the practicality of their
1245
01:03:00,839 --> 01:03:02,400
construction
1246
01:03:02,400 --> 01:03:05,599
and thirdly these new watches
1247
01:03:05,599 --> 01:03:07,520
shall be subjected to such tests or
1248
01:03:07,520 --> 01:03:10,240
tests as this board shall require
1249
01:03:10,240 --> 01:03:13,039
to ascertain their usefulness under the
1250
01:03:13,039 --> 01:03:14,880
terms of the act
1251
01:03:14,880 --> 01:03:18,240
then and only then will he receive his
1252
01:03:18,240 --> 01:03:21,829
prize
1253
01:03:21,839 --> 01:03:24,079
although my father is second he's 73
1254
01:03:24,079 --> 01:03:25,200
years old
1255
01:03:25,200 --> 01:03:26,880
he has until thursday to accept the
1256
01:03:26,880 --> 01:03:29,359
conditions which i must inform you have
1257
01:03:29,359 --> 01:03:30,799
been submitted to parliament
1258
01:03:30,799 --> 01:03:32,880
and will form part of a new amendment to
1259
01:03:32,880 --> 01:03:34,880
this bill
1260
01:03:34,880 --> 01:03:56,829
call mr christopher irwin please
1261
01:03:56,839 --> 01:04:00,950
so
1262
01:04:00,960 --> 01:04:04,079
you all right old man yes thank you
1263
01:04:04,079 --> 01:04:07,200
what's masculine doing here he's the new
1264
01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:17,280
astronomer royal
1265
01:04:17,290 --> 01:04:40,000
[Music]
1266
01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:43,200
is this everything sir uh yes
1267
01:04:43,200 --> 01:05:00,970
thank you
1268
01:05:00,980 --> 01:05:06,839
[Music]
1269
01:05:06,839 --> 01:05:19,750
so
1270
01:05:19,760 --> 01:05:24,069
my nose that my bigger indulgence
1271
01:05:24,079 --> 01:05:26,559
i'm not used to speaking i must speak
1272
01:05:26,559 --> 01:05:27,599
for me
1273
01:05:27,599 --> 01:05:29,520
perhaps your father would like a chair
1274
01:05:29,520 --> 01:05:31,280
thank you no thank you
1275
01:05:31,280 --> 01:05:33,680
well let us proceed to the business you
1276
01:05:33,680 --> 01:05:36,400
accept the terms of the board
1277
01:05:36,400 --> 01:05:37,920
my father accepts the need for
1278
01:05:37,920 --> 01:05:40,400
disclosure of the working of his watch
1279
01:05:40,400 --> 01:05:42,799
but wishes that he might demonstrate the
1280
01:05:42,799 --> 01:05:44,319
mechanism to such people as may
1281
01:05:44,319 --> 01:05:45,680
understand it
1282
01:05:45,680 --> 01:05:48,720
not to uh theorists that is for us
1283
01:05:48,720 --> 01:05:51,599
to decide they can choose who they like
1284
01:05:51,599 --> 01:05:53,200
i'll choose how i let my own house
1285
01:05:53,200 --> 01:05:56,400
i beg pardon mr harrison my father is
1286
01:05:56,400 --> 01:05:57,359
pleased to accept the board's
1287
01:05:57,359 --> 01:05:59,280
nominations
1288
01:05:59,280 --> 01:06:02,000
there is one question your lawsuit
1289
01:06:02,000 --> 01:06:03,359
requires that we be prepared to do
1290
01:06:03,359 --> 01:06:04,000
experimental
1291
01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:06,720
observations and my father is not clear
1292
01:06:06,720 --> 01:06:08,400
what that means
1293
01:06:08,400 --> 01:06:12,870
well
1294
01:06:12,880 --> 01:06:16,559
reverend um there's nothing sinister
1295
01:06:16,559 --> 01:06:17,839
about it merely that if there is a
1296
01:06:17,839 --> 01:06:18,400
detail
1297
01:06:18,400 --> 01:06:20,640
not understood by the committee such as
1298
01:06:20,640 --> 01:06:22,160
um how mr harrison
1299
01:06:22,160 --> 01:06:25,599
is accustomed to um what's the word
1300
01:06:25,599 --> 01:06:28,880
um temper spring for example
1301
01:06:28,880 --> 01:06:30,400
he should demonstrate his technique to
1302
01:06:30,400 --> 01:06:32,400
us what understand about a temple of a
1303
01:06:32,400 --> 01:06:34,160
bloody spread
1304
01:06:34,160 --> 01:06:36,400
would it be possible to set out more
1305
01:06:36,400 --> 01:06:38,480
explicitly what the board requires
1306
01:06:38,480 --> 01:06:40,640
so that we might be prepared for it no
1307
01:06:40,640 --> 01:06:41,599
sir
1308
01:06:41,599 --> 01:06:45,760
it would not it is not your business sir
1309
01:06:45,760 --> 01:06:48,720
to limit the inquiry of this board but
1310
01:06:48,720 --> 01:06:52,400
to satisfy it it is not my business
1311
01:06:52,400 --> 01:06:54,960
to explain the workings of a lifetime to
1312
01:06:54,960 --> 01:06:55,599
a group of
1313
01:06:55,599 --> 01:06:58,319
dog collar university book swallowers
1314
01:06:58,319 --> 01:07:00,000
who wouldn't know the difference between
1315
01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:04,960
a balanced spring and a bench at pin
1316
01:07:04,960 --> 01:07:07,520
the 30 years i've stood before this
1317
01:07:07,520 --> 01:07:09,760
board i never once had the occasion to
1318
01:07:09,760 --> 01:07:11,039
talk to anyone
1319
01:07:11,039 --> 01:07:12,640
who knew anything about what i was
1320
01:07:12,640 --> 01:07:14,240
actually doing
1321
01:07:14,240 --> 01:07:17,920
any sense of the mechanisms i created
1322
01:07:17,920 --> 01:07:21,200
but i carried on trusting that if i
1323
01:07:21,200 --> 01:07:23,359
fulfill the act of queen and i'd get my
1324
01:07:23,359 --> 01:07:24,720
just rewards
1325
01:07:24,720 --> 01:07:28,559
i have fulfilled that act
1326
01:07:28,559 --> 01:07:31,680
i have made such a mechanism
1327
01:07:31,680 --> 01:07:33,680
give me my prize and i'll use the money
1328
01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:35,520
to build a a factory
1329
01:07:35,520 --> 01:07:37,760
make 100 watches a thousand each one the
1330
01:07:37,760 --> 01:07:39,760
same but i will not
1331
01:07:39,760 --> 01:07:41,359
as long as i've got a drop of being this
1332
01:07:41,359 --> 01:07:43,680
good in me buddy and not dance to the
1333
01:07:43,680 --> 01:07:44,559
tune of a
1334
01:07:44,559 --> 01:07:51,829
group of england skull boys
1335
01:07:51,839 --> 01:08:05,109
mr harrison
1336
01:08:05,119 --> 01:08:07,520
father don't give me any more of your
1337
01:08:07,520 --> 01:08:10,079
fine words and clever explanations
1338
01:08:10,079 --> 01:08:11,280
what do you know about what i've had to
1339
01:08:11,280 --> 01:08:13,440
put up with what do you understand about
1340
01:08:13,440 --> 01:08:15,200
what i've done
1341
01:08:15,200 --> 01:08:18,319
could you build a watch sir no you damn
1342
01:08:18,319 --> 01:08:18,640
well
1343
01:08:18,640 --> 01:08:22,839
couldn't get away from me get away from
1344
01:08:22,839 --> 01:08:28,630
me
1345
01:08:28,640 --> 01:08:34,709
william william
1346
01:08:34,719 --> 01:08:50,070
if you wouldn't mind
1347
01:08:50,080 --> 01:08:53,199
mr harrison either your father signs an
1348
01:08:53,199 --> 01:08:53,520
oath
1349
01:08:53,520 --> 01:08:55,839
agreeing to these terms or this matter
1350
01:08:55,839 --> 01:08:57,120
ends here
1351
01:08:57,120 --> 01:08:59,520
we are prepared to pay half the award
1352
01:08:59,520 --> 01:09:01,520
unless those monies paid out once we are
1353
01:09:01,520 --> 01:09:03,440
satisfied with the disclosure and the
1354
01:09:03,440 --> 01:09:04,239
other half
1355
01:09:04,239 --> 01:09:05,759
when the new watch is made by your
1356
01:09:05,759 --> 01:09:09,040
father have proved their worth
1357
01:09:09,040 --> 01:09:11,359
well olivia just changed the wording of
1358
01:09:11,359 --> 01:09:14,000
experimental observations it would sign
1359
01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:18,839
no no no no
1360
01:09:18,839 --> 01:09:21,279
no how many times
1361
01:09:21,279 --> 01:09:25,279
do i have to say it to you bloody people
1362
01:09:25,279 --> 01:09:32,829
you do not negotiate with this
1363
01:09:32,839 --> 01:09:47,749
board
1364
01:09:47,759 --> 01:10:04,950
you
1365
01:10:04,960 --> 01:10:08,709
i'm 40 years old
1366
01:10:08,719 --> 01:10:11,280
and what family i have is here in this
1367
01:10:11,280 --> 01:10:15,189
room
1368
01:10:15,199 --> 01:10:18,239
these machines are my brothers and
1369
01:10:18,239 --> 01:10:20,950
sisters
1370
01:10:20,960 --> 01:10:22,400
certainly i know them better than any
1371
01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:24,640
human
1372
01:10:24,640 --> 01:10:30,640
so do you
1373
01:10:30,640 --> 01:10:33,760
ever since i were a child i've watched
1374
01:10:33,760 --> 01:10:34,239
out
1375
01:10:34,239 --> 01:10:39,830
carefully you touch them
1376
01:10:39,840 --> 01:10:45,520
never angry always loving
1377
01:10:45,520 --> 01:10:48,880
nothing i could ever do could make your
1378
01:10:48,880 --> 01:10:51,280
eyes light up
1379
01:10:51,280 --> 01:10:54,000
in the way an infinitesimal sliver a
1380
01:10:54,000 --> 01:10:55,280
time
1381
01:10:55,280 --> 01:11:00,950
could sometimes make you weep with joy
1382
01:11:00,960 --> 01:11:03,199
so i tried to slide myself between them
1383
01:11:03,199 --> 01:11:04,080
and you
1384
01:11:04,080 --> 01:11:06,960
hoping that some tiny drop of that
1385
01:11:06,960 --> 01:11:07,600
feeling
1386
01:11:07,600 --> 01:11:11,590
might fall on me
1387
01:11:11,600 --> 01:11:15,350
as i grew older i thought
1388
01:11:15,360 --> 01:11:17,760
if i can understand them perhaps you
1389
01:11:17,760 --> 01:11:21,040
would begin to understand me
1390
01:11:21,040 --> 01:11:26,800
until they became my life too
1391
01:11:26,800 --> 01:11:30,790
and so i find myself now
1392
01:11:30,800 --> 01:11:33,440
knowing the touch of a brass whale
1393
01:11:33,440 --> 01:11:41,760
better than flesh and blood
1394
01:11:41,760 --> 01:11:49,270
i will do as they wish
1395
01:11:49,280 --> 01:11:56,790
i wanted you to be safe
1396
01:11:56,800 --> 01:12:20,260
i thought i could make us impregnable
1397
01:12:20,270 --> 01:12:26,550
[Music]
1398
01:12:26,560 --> 01:12:28,800
what's going on we've in order to move
1399
01:12:28,800 --> 01:12:31,440
all available exhibits out to cambridge
1400
01:12:31,440 --> 01:12:33,280
why on earth with hitler by a museum in
1401
01:12:33,280 --> 01:12:35,120
the middle of a park
1402
01:12:35,120 --> 01:12:46,950
it's just orders
1403
01:12:46,960 --> 01:12:48,960
do you mind if i do that there's a
1404
01:12:48,960 --> 01:12:50,560
special case for it i made it myself
1405
01:12:50,560 --> 01:12:52,000
some time ago but i'm sure i can still
1406
01:12:52,000 --> 01:12:52,560
find it
1407
01:12:52,560 --> 01:12:55,040
help yourself it's a funny-looking thing
1408
01:12:55,040 --> 01:12:55,679
isn't it
1409
01:12:55,679 --> 01:12:58,640
yes it is a funny looking thing do you
1410
01:12:58,640 --> 01:13:04,719
think i could have a chair
1411
01:13:04,719 --> 01:13:09,910
thank you look uh
1412
01:13:09,920 --> 01:13:13,510
are you all right
1413
01:13:13,520 --> 01:13:18,880
no i don't think i am
1414
01:13:18,880 --> 01:13:22,320
how old are you 18. although i don't
1415
01:13:22,320 --> 01:13:25,120
know what that's got to do with it
1416
01:13:25,120 --> 01:13:27,360
nothing nothing at all don't take any
1417
01:13:27,360 --> 01:13:29,760
notice of me
1418
01:13:29,760 --> 01:13:33,920
it's just do you have any idea what it's
1419
01:13:33,920 --> 01:13:34,960
like
1420
01:13:34,960 --> 01:13:38,560
war is that what you're worried about
1421
01:13:38,560 --> 01:13:40,800
it'll all be over before it begins
1422
01:13:40,800 --> 01:13:42,080
germany didn't want a war
1423
01:13:42,080 --> 01:13:45,679
it's just their way of waking us all up
1424
01:13:45,679 --> 01:13:48,800
look can i get you something a cup of
1425
01:13:48,800 --> 01:13:49,840
tea
1426
01:13:49,840 --> 01:13:53,120
yes cup of tea i'll
1427
01:13:53,120 --> 01:14:21,910
do the chicken
1428
01:14:21,920 --> 01:14:23,360
what i'm suggesting is that they can go
1429
01:14:23,360 --> 01:14:24,800
to different destinations then if one of
1430
01:14:24,800 --> 01:14:25,840
them is destroyed the others will
1431
01:14:25,840 --> 01:14:27,199
survive is that possible
1432
01:14:27,199 --> 01:14:28,960
well look i'll do my best but at the
1433
01:14:28,960 --> 01:14:30,480
moment it's all i can do to get
1434
01:14:30,480 --> 01:14:32,159
everything over to cambridge
1435
01:14:32,159 --> 01:14:34,159
oh we are sending some of the smaller
1436
01:14:34,159 --> 01:14:35,199
items to a
1437
01:14:35,199 --> 01:14:37,120
science museum vault in bethlehem i
1438
01:14:37,120 --> 01:14:38,800
could get one because we'll be good
1439
01:14:38,800 --> 01:14:40,320
thank you right well leave it with me
1440
01:14:40,320 --> 01:14:41,280
please and i'll
1441
01:14:41,280 --> 01:14:57,040
sort something out
1442
01:14:57,040 --> 01:15:08,830
[Music]
1443
01:15:08,840 --> 01:15:15,260
wow
1444
01:15:15,270 --> 01:15:22,830
[Music]
1445
01:15:22,840 --> 01:15:26,180
me
1446
01:15:26,190 --> 01:15:50,840
[Music]
1447
01:15:50,840 --> 01:16:04,830
yuri
1448
01:16:04,840 --> 01:16:07,570
is
1449
01:16:07,570 --> 01:16:46,830
[Music]
1450
01:16:46,840 --> 01:16:54,670
so
1451
01:16:54,680 --> 01:17:28,830
[Music]
1452
01:17:28,840 --> 01:17:35,160
hey
1453
01:17:35,170 --> 01:18:22,310
[Music]
1454
01:18:22,320 --> 01:18:24,880
they're all satisfied now we just put
1455
01:18:24,880 --> 01:18:26,080
the watch together and check it to the
1456
01:18:26,080 --> 01:18:26,960
committee
1457
01:18:26,960 --> 01:18:31,280
he'll give us half the prize what watch
1458
01:18:31,280 --> 01:18:34,470
there is no watch
1459
01:18:34,480 --> 01:18:55,430
look at it
1460
01:18:55,440 --> 01:18:58,239
you know the strange thing is i want to
1461
01:18:58,239 --> 01:19:00,080
build another one
1462
01:19:00,080 --> 01:19:02,000
taking it apart and putting it together
1463
01:19:02,000 --> 01:19:03,360
again
1464
01:19:03,360 --> 01:19:05,440
i can see improvements you have to make
1465
01:19:05,440 --> 01:19:06,640
a duplicate
1466
01:19:06,640 --> 01:19:09,760
those were the terms terms
1467
01:19:09,760 --> 01:19:11,760
what do they know wasn't one of them
1468
01:19:11,760 --> 01:19:13,760
understood what i was saying
1469
01:19:13,760 --> 01:19:15,280
even the watchmakers didn't see
1470
01:19:15,280 --> 01:19:18,880
everything they think in straight lines
1471
01:19:18,880 --> 01:19:21,600
not prepared for the curve lot of
1472
01:19:21,600 --> 01:19:22,400
surprise
1473
01:19:22,400 --> 01:19:30,390
that takes you to a place you cannot see
1474
01:19:30,400 --> 01:19:31,760
and how are we to know that this is the
1475
01:19:31,760 --> 01:19:33,520
same watch that was used at the
1476
01:19:33,520 --> 01:19:34,640
disclosure
1477
01:19:34,640 --> 01:19:37,280
i could make a watch in five days then
1478
01:19:37,280 --> 01:19:38,880
i'd have the prize money by the end of
1479
01:19:38,880 --> 01:19:41,990
the week
1480
01:19:42,000 --> 01:19:45,679
very well i am pleased to offer you
1481
01:19:45,679 --> 01:19:47,840
the certificate of this board
1482
01:19:47,840 --> 01:19:49,440
congratulations
1483
01:19:49,440 --> 01:19:52,480
you've made something useful how long
1484
01:19:52,480 --> 01:19:54,159
will it take you to make two further
1485
01:19:54,159 --> 01:19:56,560
watches as required by the act
1486
01:19:56,560 --> 01:19:59,679
new act requirements
1487
01:19:59,679 --> 01:20:02,080
additional instruments are not required
1488
01:20:02,080 --> 01:20:04,239
by the actor queen anne
1489
01:20:04,239 --> 01:20:06,560
the act required that the invention be
1490
01:20:06,560 --> 01:20:07,440
practical
1491
01:20:07,440 --> 01:20:09,679
we've merely clarified that issue in our
1492
01:20:09,679 --> 01:20:11,120
recent amendment
1493
01:20:11,120 --> 01:20:14,159
how long will it take two years
1494
01:20:14,159 --> 01:20:17,920
if my watches returned to me to work on
1495
01:20:17,920 --> 01:20:19,920
i'm afraid that is impossible
1496
01:20:19,920 --> 01:20:21,920
your watch as you call it is of course
1497
01:20:21,920 --> 01:20:24,080
our watch and this board intends under
1498
01:20:24,080 --> 01:20:25,840
the direction of the astronomer royal
1499
01:20:25,840 --> 01:20:28,000
to conduct a series of tests at the
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01:20:28,000 --> 01:20:29,520
observatory in greenwich
1501
01:20:29,520 --> 01:20:31,440
at the conclusion of which mr larkham
1502
01:20:31,440 --> 01:20:33,920
kendall will make a copy of the watch
1503
01:20:33,920 --> 01:20:36,239
and i think you will agree his need is
1504
01:20:36,239 --> 01:20:37,840
the greater
1505
01:20:37,840 --> 01:20:39,600
we'll take a further year if i'm forced
1506
01:20:39,600 --> 01:20:42,080
to work without it
1507
01:20:42,080 --> 01:20:46,080
so be it mr harrison so be it
1508
01:20:46,080 --> 01:20:52,709
thank you
1509
01:20:52,719 --> 01:20:56,229
mr harrison
1510
01:20:56,239 --> 01:20:58,960
i have instructed the astronomer royal
1511
01:20:58,960 --> 01:21:02,320
to collect the rest of the timepieces
1512
01:21:02,320 --> 01:21:05,679
why because they are the property of
1513
01:21:05,679 --> 01:21:16,140
this board
1514
01:21:16,150 --> 01:21:23,669
[Applause]
1515
01:21:23,679 --> 01:21:25,440
he has brought an open card with no
1516
01:21:25,440 --> 01:21:27,120
suspension
1517
01:21:27,120 --> 01:21:28,719
it means to destroy them on the journey
1518
01:21:28,719 --> 01:21:33,669
to greenwich
1519
01:21:33,679 --> 01:21:37,040
morning william i've come to college
1520
01:21:37,040 --> 01:21:40,639
mr harrison madison machines are ready
1521
01:21:40,639 --> 01:21:42,800
for collection i will need a certificate
1522
01:21:42,800 --> 01:21:44,159
from you that they're in good order
1523
01:21:44,159 --> 01:21:45,360
i'm not sure i'm a good judge of that
1524
01:21:45,360 --> 01:21:47,520
sir of course i agree with you
1525
01:21:47,520 --> 01:21:48,800
i can state that they appear to be in
1526
01:21:48,800 --> 01:21:50,400
good order i think that's also fine i
1527
01:21:50,400 --> 01:21:52,159
can say it as a fact they're in perfect
1528
01:21:52,159 --> 01:21:52,639
order
1529
01:21:52,639 --> 01:21:54,159
that will not be necessary and i will
1530
01:21:54,159 --> 01:21:55,360
need it to be understood that when they
1531
01:21:55,360 --> 01:21:57,600
left my property that was the case
1532
01:21:57,600 --> 01:21:59,199
and that you were entirely responsible
1533
01:21:59,199 --> 01:22:01,280
for their safety from this moment on
1534
01:22:01,280 --> 01:22:03,600
i accept that responsibility now what is
1535
01:22:03,600 --> 01:22:05,040
that normal method of transport
1536
01:22:05,040 --> 01:22:07,440
vote do not ban the words with me sir i
1537
01:22:07,440 --> 01:22:08,960
am serious they should go to greenwich
1538
01:22:08,960 --> 01:22:10,159
by barge
1539
01:22:10,159 --> 01:22:11,920
not some old cart like a butcher carry
1540
01:22:11,920 --> 01:22:13,520
bag of bones in i merely wish to know
1541
01:22:13,520 --> 01:22:14,719
whether it is the custom to take
1542
01:22:14,719 --> 01:22:16,800
machines to pieces before moving them
1543
01:22:16,800 --> 01:22:20,159
no but they must do nothing off he has
1544
01:22:20,159 --> 01:22:21,679
the authority of the board let him
1545
01:22:21,679 --> 01:22:24,880
exercise it this is quite childish i
1546
01:22:24,880 --> 01:22:29,590
know perfectly well how to achieve this
1547
01:22:29,600 --> 01:22:32,480
if this is the case we will need a uh a
1548
01:22:32,480 --> 01:22:46,950
blacksmith to help us take it apart
1549
01:22:46,960 --> 01:22:51,280
[Music]
1550
01:22:51,280 --> 01:23:05,590
oh
1551
01:23:05,600 --> 01:23:18,830
[Music]
1552
01:23:18,840 --> 01:23:20,210
um
1553
01:23:20,210 --> 01:23:27,189
[Music]
1554
01:23:27,199 --> 01:23:30,159
your father has been cruelly used but
1555
01:23:30,159 --> 01:23:32,000
while i'm out of the admiralty there is
1556
01:23:32,000 --> 01:23:35,679
little i can do but i must be some other
1557
01:23:35,679 --> 01:23:37,120
way
1558
01:23:37,120 --> 01:23:38,719
he cannot finish two feather watches it
1559
01:23:38,719 --> 01:23:41,510
will kill him
1560
01:23:41,520 --> 01:23:43,280
do you have any skill of cards mr
1561
01:23:43,280 --> 01:23:45,520
harrison
1562
01:23:45,520 --> 01:23:49,040
normally no neither to these ladies it
1563
01:23:49,040 --> 01:23:50,239
would appear perhaps they
1564
01:23:50,239 --> 01:23:54,470
flatter me
1565
01:23:54,480 --> 01:23:56,400
well parliament has already been the
1566
01:23:56,400 --> 01:23:57,520
instrument of much
1567
01:23:57,520 --> 01:23:59,840
mischief there is therefore only one
1568
01:23:59,840 --> 01:24:02,000
court of appeal i could recommend
1569
01:24:02,000 --> 01:24:25,510
and that is the crown
1570
01:24:25,520 --> 01:24:29,440
can i have a look at that look at what
1571
01:24:29,440 --> 01:24:39,350
your watch sit up
1572
01:24:39,360 --> 01:24:43,350
daniel
1573
01:24:43,360 --> 01:24:56,149
i took mine away
1574
01:24:56,159 --> 01:25:04,629
here you are
1575
01:25:04,639 --> 01:25:06,159
mind you look after it or you'll get me
1576
01:25:06,159 --> 01:25:10,149
into trouble
1577
01:25:10,159 --> 01:25:14,390
thank you
1578
01:25:14,400 --> 01:25:17,280
it will be quite informal just bow and
1579
01:25:17,280 --> 01:25:18,159
address him
1580
01:25:18,159 --> 01:25:21,360
as your majesty i will divert the queen
1581
01:25:21,360 --> 01:25:24,960
whose taste is more inclined to scandal
1582
01:25:24,960 --> 01:25:35,020
than to science
1583
01:25:35,030 --> 01:25:39,669
[Music]
1584
01:25:39,679 --> 01:25:41,679
family his majesty is a most
1585
01:25:41,679 --> 01:25:56,470
conscientious father
1586
01:25:56,480 --> 01:26:00,159
hold your fire gentlemen hold your fire
1587
01:26:00,159 --> 01:26:02,960
my dears we are saved lord sandwich
1588
01:26:02,960 --> 01:26:04,639
knows about the running of the ship
1589
01:26:04,639 --> 01:26:07,199
he will come to our rescue your majestic
1590
01:26:07,199 --> 01:26:08,080
may i present
1591
01:26:08,080 --> 01:26:11,199
mr john harrison mr harrison
1592
01:26:11,199 --> 01:26:12,639
i am very pleased to make your
1593
01:26:12,639 --> 01:26:14,480
acquaintance please
1594
01:26:14,480 --> 01:26:17,120
excuse our exuberance mr william
1595
01:26:17,120 --> 01:26:18,400
harrison
1596
01:26:18,400 --> 01:26:20,400
have you ever sailed on a frigate sir i
1597
01:26:20,400 --> 01:26:22,239
have your majesty and where prey were
1598
01:26:22,239 --> 01:26:22,480
the
1599
01:26:22,480 --> 01:26:25,440
mortars situated on the foxhole deck aha
1600
01:26:25,440 --> 01:26:27,679
georgie you are in the right sir and i
1601
01:26:27,679 --> 01:26:29,520
am in the wrong mr harrison here will
1602
01:26:29,520 --> 01:26:31,440
show you the positioning of your mortars
1603
01:26:31,440 --> 01:26:34,950
you may need some more ammunition
1604
01:26:34,960 --> 01:26:37,040
my dear you mustn't get the children so
1605
01:26:37,040 --> 01:26:38,080
excited
1606
01:26:38,080 --> 01:26:41,990
they'll never sleep
1607
01:26:42,000 --> 01:26:46,470
else
1608
01:26:46,480 --> 01:26:48,080
i think i have something here that might
1609
01:26:48,080 --> 01:26:50,480
interest you
1610
01:26:50,480 --> 01:26:52,719
please excuse my husband come and look
1611
01:26:52,719 --> 01:26:55,120
at our battleships mama
1612
01:26:55,120 --> 01:26:58,159
come aboard this
1613
01:26:58,159 --> 01:27:00,960
was presented to me by mr priestly most
1614
01:27:00,960 --> 01:27:03,120
wonderful creation for the production of
1615
01:27:03,120 --> 01:27:04,080
electricity
1616
01:27:04,080 --> 01:27:06,719
what is this use having the foggiest but
1617
01:27:06,719 --> 01:27:10,310
that's pretty what what
1618
01:27:10,320 --> 01:27:12,800
mr harrison i've been informed at length
1619
01:27:12,800 --> 01:27:14,159
about your trials and i must tell you
1620
01:27:14,159 --> 01:27:15,679
sir that we are very disturbed by the
1621
01:27:15,679 --> 01:27:16,400
news
1622
01:27:16,400 --> 01:27:18,159
the safety of our ships is our dearest
1623
01:27:18,159 --> 01:27:19,600
concern and we are most
1624
01:27:19,600 --> 01:27:21,120
grateful for your endeavors on their
1625
01:27:21,120 --> 01:27:23,440
behalf thank you your majesty
1626
01:27:23,440 --> 01:27:25,360
tell me have you started work on the new
1627
01:27:25,360 --> 01:27:27,199
watch i have so
1628
01:27:27,199 --> 01:27:28,320
when it is finished will you do
1629
01:27:28,320 --> 01:27:30,000
something for me bring it here let me
1630
01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:30,639
see it
1631
01:27:30,639 --> 01:27:33,990
i would be most interested
1632
01:27:34,000 --> 01:27:36,400
oh have you seen this i wore it today
1633
01:27:36,400 --> 01:27:37,440
especially for you
1634
01:27:37,440 --> 01:27:43,590
mr arnold made it for me
1635
01:27:43,600 --> 01:27:46,560
i hope not the admiralty may want him
1636
01:27:46,560 --> 01:27:55,990
back
1637
01:27:56,000 --> 01:28:02,550
so do i get my watch back then
1638
01:28:02,560 --> 01:28:14,800
i'm not sure i can do without it yet
1639
01:28:14,800 --> 01:28:24,070
have you had a walk today
1640
01:28:24,080 --> 01:28:29,199
i'm getting you up do you have a name
1641
01:28:29,199 --> 01:28:33,510
rupert do you
1642
01:28:33,520 --> 01:28:58,470
grace but it's nurse ingrams to you
1643
01:28:58,480 --> 01:29:02,870
what do you think
1644
01:29:02,880 --> 01:29:25,350
it's good fit for a king
1645
01:29:25,360 --> 01:29:28,790
rupert
1646
01:29:28,800 --> 01:29:33,750
it's all right i'm here
1647
01:29:33,760 --> 01:29:35,040
rupert there's nothing to be alarmed
1648
01:29:35,040 --> 01:29:49,669
about it's only a drill
1649
01:29:49,679 --> 01:29:57,189
feel the time
1650
01:29:57,199 --> 01:30:03,669
i could feel your heart that's better
1651
01:30:03,679 --> 01:30:05,280
finish the story you were telling me
1652
01:30:05,280 --> 01:30:07,040
yesterday
1653
01:30:07,040 --> 01:30:10,400
about him taking the watch to the king
1654
01:30:10,400 --> 01:30:15,350
did he
1655
01:30:15,360 --> 01:30:20,639
yes he did
1656
01:30:20,639 --> 01:30:24,000
the king decided to do his own
1657
01:30:24,000 --> 01:30:27,590
experiment
1658
01:30:27,600 --> 01:30:30,719
an experiment that lasted
1659
01:30:30,719 --> 01:30:34,560
months did it work no not at the
1660
01:30:34,560 --> 01:30:35,920
beginning
1661
01:30:35,920 --> 01:30:38,719
at the beginning it was a disaster it is
1662
01:30:38,719 --> 01:30:40,400
a most perplexing matter
1663
01:30:40,400 --> 01:30:42,400
dr demayne bray my astronomer and dear
1664
01:30:42,400 --> 01:30:43,760
friend came to me this morning with the
1665
01:30:43,760 --> 01:30:44,400
news
1666
01:30:44,400 --> 01:30:45,600
well i can tell you sir that i did not
1667
01:30:45,600 --> 01:30:47,199
believe it came here at once to see for
1668
01:30:47,199 --> 01:30:48,719
myself and he was right
1669
01:30:48,719 --> 01:30:50,639
absolutely and utterly correct i don't
1670
01:30:50,639 --> 01:30:52,000
know what to make of it i don't
1671
01:30:52,000 --> 01:30:53,040
understand what was wrong
1672
01:30:53,040 --> 01:30:56,000
wrong what was it slow did it stop what
1673
01:30:56,000 --> 01:30:57,440
that it had sir what
1674
01:30:57,440 --> 01:30:59,520
no the problem is more serious than that
1675
01:30:59,520 --> 01:31:00,960
your what's uh your what
1676
01:31:00,960 --> 01:31:10,470
sir is going backwards
1677
01:31:10,480 --> 01:31:14,480
i noticed this morning sir i immediately
1678
01:31:14,480 --> 01:31:18,320
informed this matter okay yeah
1679
01:31:18,320 --> 01:31:22,000
the position i believe
1680
01:31:22,000 --> 01:31:26,480
is correct the position is fine
1681
01:31:26,480 --> 01:31:29,600
i have no explanation for this wait
1682
01:31:29,600 --> 01:31:32,639
what the compass needles what do you
1683
01:31:32,639 --> 01:31:33,199
think
1684
01:31:33,199 --> 01:31:35,199
the needles when we were magnetizing the
1685
01:31:35,199 --> 01:31:37,280
needles what do we do with the
1686
01:31:37,280 --> 01:31:39,600
whatever do you call it what the load
1687
01:31:39,600 --> 01:31:41,280
stones
1688
01:31:41,280 --> 01:31:53,470
there's the key the key we're ground
1689
01:31:53,480 --> 01:31:55,920
lodestones you think the magnets were
1690
01:31:55,920 --> 01:31:57,120
affecting the clock i
1691
01:31:57,120 --> 01:32:00,239
am sort of it's uh take these out and
1692
01:32:00,239 --> 01:32:03,590
throw them in the garden
1693
01:32:03,600 --> 01:32:09,189
immediately
1694
01:32:09,199 --> 01:32:12,400
there now we must start
1695
01:32:12,400 --> 01:32:15,920
all over again your majesty is very kind
1696
01:32:15,920 --> 01:32:27,990
bethel sir i'm a scientist
1697
01:32:28,000 --> 01:32:33,830
that's why i watch the ball
1698
01:32:33,840 --> 01:32:37,120
55 56 57
1699
01:32:37,120 --> 01:32:45,189
58 59 11 o'clock
1700
01:32:45,199 --> 01:32:49,430
well let me see mr harrison
1701
01:32:49,440 --> 01:32:54,910
i think we are on target gentlemen
1702
01:32:54,910 --> 01:33:06,840
[Music]
1703
01:33:06,840 --> 01:33:07,990
sneaky
1704
01:33:07,990 --> 01:33:48,830
[Music]
1705
01:33:48,840 --> 01:33:56,709
may
1706
01:33:56,719 --> 01:33:58,159
we're going to kick you out soon you
1707
01:33:58,159 --> 01:33:59,520
know well they can't possibly i'm
1708
01:33:59,520 --> 01:34:02,080
feeling particularly mad at the moment
1709
01:34:02,080 --> 01:34:03,600
i don't think they cure that kind of
1710
01:34:03,600 --> 01:34:06,000
madness here
1711
01:34:06,000 --> 01:34:09,679
what will you do oh yeah
1712
01:34:09,679 --> 01:34:10,960
picture turns outside the gates i
1713
01:34:10,960 --> 01:34:12,960
suppose
1714
01:34:12,960 --> 01:34:14,719
do you have any objections to life under
1715
01:34:14,719 --> 01:34:16,400
canvas
1716
01:34:16,400 --> 01:34:20,390
not more than a couple of thousand
1717
01:34:20,400 --> 01:34:25,120
seriously seriously though
1718
01:34:25,120 --> 01:34:28,470
i have no idea
1719
01:34:28,480 --> 01:34:34,080
it's just you could move in with me
1720
01:34:34,080 --> 01:34:36,159
what in the nurses quarters wouldn't
1721
01:34:36,159 --> 01:34:37,280
sister object or
1722
01:34:37,280 --> 01:34:38,560
do you imagine i wear some sort of
1723
01:34:38,560 --> 01:34:41,679
disguise don't be silly it doesn't suit
1724
01:34:41,679 --> 01:34:44,229
you
1725
01:34:44,239 --> 01:34:47,920
no i'm thinking about going home
1726
01:34:47,920 --> 01:34:52,070
before they throw me out too
1727
01:34:52,080 --> 01:34:53,679
my mother needs some help and i feel i
1728
01:34:53,679 --> 01:34:56,159
ought to be with her
1729
01:34:56,159 --> 01:34:59,360
it's not ideal i know but
1730
01:34:59,360 --> 01:35:05,669
you could come too if you wanted
1731
01:35:05,679 --> 01:35:14,480
sounds pretty ideal to me
1732
01:35:14,480 --> 01:35:16,239
they've had hundreds of proofs what
1733
01:35:16,239 --> 01:35:17,840
makes you think one moral change their
1734
01:35:17,840 --> 01:35:18,320
mind
1735
01:35:18,320 --> 01:35:20,560
they must listen to the king and there
1736
01:35:20,560 --> 01:35:22,800
is one thing in our favor
1737
01:35:22,800 --> 01:35:24,390
lord morton is deceased
1738
01:35:24,390 --> 01:35:26,800
[Laughter]
1739
01:35:26,800 --> 01:35:28,960
i move to enter the results of the
1740
01:35:28,960 --> 01:35:31,520
recent trial at the king's observatory
1741
01:35:31,520 --> 01:35:32,960
in richmond
1742
01:35:32,960 --> 01:35:36,320
which show that in a trial of 70 days
1743
01:35:36,320 --> 01:35:38,639
greater than the time of the west indies
1744
01:35:38,639 --> 01:35:40,800
voyage stipulated in the act of queen
1745
01:35:40,800 --> 01:35:41,760
anne
1746
01:35:41,760 --> 01:35:44,480
the watch lost less than a tenth of a
1747
01:35:44,480 --> 01:35:45,920
second a day
1748
01:35:45,920 --> 01:35:47,840
which would be consistent with finding a
1749
01:35:47,840 --> 01:35:48,960
longitude
1750
01:35:48,960 --> 01:35:50,639
in those west indies to a distance of
1751
01:35:50,639 --> 01:35:52,400
less than one mile and therefore wholly
1752
01:35:52,400 --> 01:35:57,520
within the act
1753
01:35:57,520 --> 01:36:01,199
sir this board this board cannot accept
1754
01:36:01,199 --> 01:36:03,119
an unsupervised trial no matter how
1755
01:36:03,119 --> 01:36:05,920
eminent the participants may have been
1756
01:36:05,920 --> 01:36:07,679
this board is charged by a most solemn
1757
01:36:07,679 --> 01:36:09,040
act of parliament as these members are
1758
01:36:09,040 --> 01:36:10,239
here to witness
1759
01:36:10,239 --> 01:36:12,080
and must satisfy its observations by its
1760
01:36:12,080 --> 01:36:13,360
own eyes and not those of any other
1761
01:36:13,360 --> 01:36:14,639
party
1762
01:36:14,639 --> 01:36:16,639
the royal trial was carried out under
1763
01:36:16,639 --> 01:36:18,639
the strictest conditions
1764
01:36:18,639 --> 01:36:21,199
with three separate key holders his
1765
01:36:21,199 --> 01:36:23,440
majesty graciously consenting to be one
1766
01:36:23,440 --> 01:36:24,320
of them
1767
01:36:24,320 --> 01:36:26,239
the regulating clock was the subject of
1768
01:36:26,239 --> 01:36:28,480
nine observations of the sun
1769
01:36:28,480 --> 01:36:31,360
to keep a check on its accuracy
1770
01:36:31,360 --> 01:36:32,960
something the astronomer royal
1771
01:36:32,960 --> 01:36:34,800
never attempted once during his own
1772
01:36:34,800 --> 01:36:42,790
trial sit down mr harrison
1773
01:36:42,800 --> 01:36:45,360
i would like to call upon captain john
1774
01:36:45,360 --> 01:36:46,320
campbell
1775
01:36:46,320 --> 01:36:48,960
who has a report recently arrived from
1776
01:36:48,960 --> 01:36:49,920
jamaica
1777
01:36:49,920 --> 01:36:52,159
concerning the exploratory voyage of his
1778
01:36:52,159 --> 01:36:53,280
majesty's ship
1779
01:36:53,280 --> 01:36:56,560
resolution under the command of captain
1780
01:36:56,560 --> 01:37:00,639
james cook captain
1781
01:37:00,639 --> 01:37:03,280
gentlemen captain cook is carrying a
1782
01:37:03,280 --> 01:37:05,679
copy of mr harrison's timekeeper made by
1783
01:37:05,679 --> 01:37:06,960
mr kendall
1784
01:37:06,960 --> 01:37:09,679
and the um astronomical tables of the
1785
01:37:09,679 --> 01:37:11,280
reverent masculine
1786
01:37:11,280 --> 01:37:13,760
his full report will not be available
1787
01:37:13,760 --> 01:37:14,880
until his return
1788
01:37:14,880 --> 01:37:17,520
but i am able to read you this extract
1789
01:37:17,520 --> 01:37:19,840
from his
1790
01:37:19,840 --> 01:37:22,159
it would not be doing justice to mr
1791
01:37:22,159 --> 01:37:25,040
harrison and mr kendall if i did not own
1792
01:37:25,040 --> 01:37:26,320
that we have received
1793
01:37:26,320 --> 01:37:29,520
very great assistance from this useful
1794
01:37:29,520 --> 01:37:33,430
and valuable timepiece
1795
01:37:33,440 --> 01:37:35,199
the watch was used to predict the
1796
01:37:35,199 --> 01:37:37,920
landfall of saint helena within three
1797
01:37:37,920 --> 01:37:41,430
miles
1798
01:37:41,440 --> 01:37:46,229
this is not evidence but anecdote
1799
01:37:46,239 --> 01:37:48,159
this board under the direction of the
1800
01:37:48,159 --> 01:37:49,440
late lord morton
1801
01:37:49,440 --> 01:37:51,360
made its conditions perfectly clear when
1802
01:37:51,360 --> 01:37:53,040
mr harrison has completed work on his
1803
01:37:53,040 --> 01:37:53,760
second copy
1804
01:37:53,760 --> 01:37:55,360
both watches will be subjected to a
1805
01:37:55,360 --> 01:37:56,800
trial of several months
1806
01:37:56,800 --> 01:38:00,400
on land and at sea with the utmost rigor
1807
01:38:00,400 --> 01:38:02,560
no other test will suffice if you will
1808
01:38:02,560 --> 01:38:04,800
excuse me i have an important matter i
1809
01:38:04,800 --> 01:38:06,800
must attend to mr harrison
1810
01:38:06,800 --> 01:38:08,239
if your business is finished here
1811
01:38:08,239 --> 01:38:20,310
perhaps you would care to accompany me
1812
01:38:20,320 --> 01:38:28,790
with the board's permission
1813
01:38:28,800 --> 01:38:31,280
i want to thank the board for giving me
1814
01:38:31,280 --> 01:38:32,719
the opportunity
1815
01:38:32,719 --> 01:38:37,510
to make a second copy of my watch
1816
01:38:37,520 --> 01:38:39,360
it is not often that the father is
1817
01:38:39,360 --> 01:38:41,520
permitted to revisit
1818
01:38:41,520 --> 01:38:45,600
the childhood of a much-loved child
1819
01:38:45,600 --> 01:38:48,960
as i've been allowed to while on that
1820
01:38:48,960 --> 01:38:51,750
journey
1821
01:38:51,760 --> 01:38:55,760
find a new respect and love
1822
01:38:55,760 --> 01:39:06,470
for that child
1823
01:39:06,480 --> 01:39:09,199
i've been bigger indulgence my lordships
1824
01:39:09,199 --> 01:39:10,880
i'm an old man
1825
01:39:10,880 --> 01:39:12,639
and i've never been accounted as speaker
1826
01:39:12,639 --> 01:39:15,510
of merit
1827
01:39:15,520 --> 01:39:17,360
i may not be scared to complete another
1828
01:39:17,360 --> 01:39:19,760
watch but i've begun one
1829
01:39:19,760 --> 01:39:22,400
it will not gentlemen be a copy because
1830
01:39:22,400 --> 01:39:23,840
i am mindful
1831
01:39:23,840 --> 01:39:27,119
of the act of queen anne to which i've
1832
01:39:27,119 --> 01:39:28,480
cloned
1833
01:39:28,480 --> 01:39:31,440
for over 50 years like a like a
1834
01:39:31,440 --> 01:39:34,080
shipwrecked sailor to a battle
1835
01:39:34,080 --> 01:39:37,600
to be practical in all my life that's
1836
01:39:37,600 --> 01:39:41,119
been my gospel and my creed
1837
01:39:41,119 --> 01:39:43,440
i have an idea that the heat
1838
01:39:43,440 --> 01:39:44,719
compensation
1839
01:39:44,719 --> 01:39:47,040
must be within the balance of the watch
1840
01:39:47,040 --> 01:39:48,880
and not around it
1841
01:39:48,880 --> 01:39:53,760
and this morning i made this
1842
01:39:53,760 --> 01:39:57,360
i tried the idea in my first sheet clock
1843
01:39:57,360 --> 01:40:00,880
over 40 years ago i failed
1844
01:40:00,880 --> 01:40:04,480
i didn't understand it so much i didn't
1845
01:40:04,480 --> 01:40:06,560
understand
1846
01:40:06,560 --> 01:40:09,600
a compensating balance wheel will
1847
01:40:09,600 --> 01:40:12,239
simplify the adjustment of the machine
1848
01:40:12,239 --> 01:40:14,080
so others may make my watches more
1849
01:40:14,080 --> 01:40:14,680
easily
1850
01:40:14,680 --> 01:40:16,560
[Music]
1851
01:40:16,560 --> 01:40:19,440
should god grant me the time to complete
1852
01:40:19,440 --> 01:40:26,709
my labors
1853
01:40:26,719 --> 01:40:29,520
thank god you're here hurry please the
1854
01:40:29,520 --> 01:40:31,199
producer's having kittens
1855
01:40:31,199 --> 01:40:32,800
but i thought the program started at
1856
01:40:32,800 --> 01:40:35,119
eight this is television commander
1857
01:40:35,119 --> 01:40:37,600
we have rehearsals i'll have to take you
1858
01:40:37,600 --> 01:40:38,880
straight to make up
1859
01:40:38,880 --> 01:40:43,600
oh it's always absolutely necessary
1860
01:40:43,600 --> 01:40:47,199
having constructed a time keeper
1861
01:40:47,199 --> 01:40:49,840
from which discovery john harrison never
1862
01:40:49,840 --> 01:40:51,679
received his award from the board of
1863
01:40:51,679 --> 01:40:52,719
longitude
1864
01:40:52,719 --> 01:40:54,480
it came to him by special act of
1865
01:40:54,480 --> 01:40:58,159
parliament when he was 80 years old
1866
01:40:58,159 --> 01:41:01,440
to pay all calls to be paid
1867
01:41:01,440 --> 01:41:04,800
to the said john harrison
1868
01:41:04,800 --> 01:41:08,159
that some long promised to him by this
1869
01:41:08,159 --> 01:41:09,119
house
1870
01:41:09,119 --> 01:41:12,390
as a reward
1871
01:41:12,400 --> 01:41:14,639
[Applause]
1872
01:41:14,639 --> 01:41:16,800
he had a further two years left to him
1873
01:41:16,800 --> 01:41:18,639
to enjoy his wealth
1874
01:41:18,639 --> 01:41:21,679
after his death in 1776
1875
01:41:21,679 --> 01:41:24,400
william married but never made another
1876
01:41:24,400 --> 01:41:26,950
watch
1877
01:41:26,960 --> 01:41:29,040
after the war rupert gould became a
1878
01:41:29,040 --> 01:41:30,960
regular member of the brains trust
1879
01:41:30,960 --> 01:41:33,119
a popular panel show and appeared
1880
01:41:33,119 --> 01:41:34,800
several times on television
1881
01:41:34,800 --> 01:41:37,920
what makes a man great a man may be
1882
01:41:37,920 --> 01:41:39,360
great in his aims or
1883
01:41:39,360 --> 01:41:42,000
in his achievements or in both but i
1884
01:41:42,000 --> 01:41:44,080
think that man is truly great
1885
01:41:44,080 --> 01:41:46,880
who makes the world his debtor who does
1886
01:41:46,880 --> 01:41:48,480
something for the world which the world
1887
01:41:48,480 --> 01:41:49,520
needs
1888
01:41:49,520 --> 01:41:52,800
and which nobody before him has done or
1889
01:41:52,800 --> 01:41:56,080
known how to do john harrison
1890
01:41:56,080 --> 01:41:59,520
was such a man in 1946 gold was finally
1891
01:41:59,520 --> 01:42:01,600
made a curator of the national maritime
1892
01:42:01,600 --> 01:42:03,280
museum
1893
01:42:03,280 --> 01:42:05,920
and a year later he was awarded the gold
1894
01:42:05,920 --> 01:42:07,520
medal of the british horological
1895
01:42:07,520 --> 01:42:08,639
institute
1896
01:42:08,639 --> 01:42:11,920
he died in 1948 and even today there is
1897
01:42:11,920 --> 01:42:13,119
not a seaman alive
1898
01:42:13,119 --> 01:42:16,239
anywhere whose track is not made
1899
01:42:16,239 --> 01:42:19,440
straighter safer and more prosperous
1900
01:42:19,440 --> 01:42:22,960
by the possession of a time keeper
1901
01:42:22,960 --> 01:42:25,199
gould's notebooks are displayed today at
1902
01:42:25,199 --> 01:42:27,040
the royal observatory
1903
01:42:27,040 --> 01:42:29,440
next to them stand john harrison's four
1904
01:42:29,440 --> 01:42:31,199
marine timepieces
1905
01:42:31,199 --> 01:42:33,280
which together represent one man's
1906
01:42:33,280 --> 01:42:35,440
struggle against all odds
1907
01:42:35,440 --> 01:42:38,560
to use the fourth dimension time
1908
01:42:38,560 --> 01:42:40,239
to connect positions on our
1909
01:42:40,239 --> 01:42:42,480
three-dimensional globe
1910
01:42:42,480 --> 01:42:45,280
thanks to harrison's work and others
1911
01:42:45,280 --> 01:42:47,119
greenwich is recognized all over the
1912
01:42:47,119 --> 01:42:49,520
world as the prime meridian
1913
01:42:49,520 --> 01:42:52,560
the longitude zero by which all time and
1914
01:42:52,560 --> 01:42:54,480
space is measured
1915
01:42:54,480 --> 01:43:12,370
from one millennium to the next
1916
01:43:12,380 --> 01:45:01,830
[Music]
1917
01:45:01,840 --> 01:45:03,920
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