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The zero-degree parallel of latitude is fixed by the laws of nature, while the zero-degree meridian of longitude shifts like the sands of time.

In the wake of the Longitude Act, the concept of "discovering the longitude" became a synonym for attempting the impossible.

He wrested the world's whereabouts from the stars, and locked the secret in a pocket watch.

Any clock that can track this sideral schedule proves itself as perfect as God's magnificent clockwork.
Dava Sobel