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Tables of Contents for Longitude
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
vii
Imaginary Lines
1
10
The Sea Before Time
11
10
Adrift in a Clockwork Universe
21
13
Time in a Bottle
34
7
Powder of Sympathy
41
10
The Prize
51
10
Cogmaker's Journal
61
13
The Grasshopper Goes to Sea
74
14
Hands on Heaven's Clock
88
12
The Diamond Timekeeper
100
11
Trial by Fire and Water
111
15
A Tale of Two Portraits
126
12
The Second Voyage of Captain James Cook
138
14
The Mass Production of Genius
152
13
In the Meridian Courtyard
165
12
Sources
177
4
Index
181