Comments by "Not shaped for sportive tricks" (@notshapedforsportivetricks2912) on "The Longitude Problem - Improving Navigation with the Harrison Clocks" video.

  1. On the topic of less than successful methods of determining longitude, Umberto Eco explained one in his book "The Island of the Day Before". It involved using something called the powder of sympathy. And torturing a puppy dog. Not one of his better books, sadly.
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