Google commemorated famed English horologist John Harrison on Tuesday, marking what would have been his 325th birthday with a homepage “doodle” that shows him working on his famed inventions. It may ...

Today on Google's home page is a Google Doodle, special Google logo, for the 325th birthday of John Harrison. John Harrison was a self-educated English carpenter and clockmaker who invented a marine ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. British clockmaker John Harrison helped make marine navigation safer for sailors around the world and his 325th birthday ...

English clockmaker John Harrison revolutionized long distance seafaring in the 18th century, solving the problem of calculating longitude at sea and devising tools that helped sailors navigate with ...

Developed over decades in the 1700s, Harrison’s clocks were major steps toward a reliable way of calculating longitude at sea Developed over decades in the 1700s, Harrison’s clocks were major steps ...

Following the Scilly naval disaster of 1707, which lost four British Navy ships and almost 2000 sailors at sea, Parliament decided sailors needed a better navigational tool. The British government ...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the birthday of John Harrison, who invented the first accurate way to measure longitude. Before 1735, if you wanted to sail across the ocean, you could only guess at ...

British clockmaker John Harrison definitely had time on his side. The self-educated horologist and carpenter was born on April 3, 1693, in Foulby, Yorkshire. He is known as the man who came to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. English clockmaker John Harrison revolutionized long distance seafaring in the 18th century, solving the problem of calculating ...