John Harrison

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John Harrison was born on March 24, 1693 in Foulby, United Kingdom. He was the first of 5 children, making him the oldest.  Growing up, he self educated him self because it was hard to go to school because it would cause him to get home late so he didn't have time to work on clocks. In 1718 he married a woman named Elizabeth and a year into their marriage, she passed away. Then 6th months after her death, John had married another woman named Elizabeth as well.  He lived until he was 83 and died on March 24, 1776 in London, United Kingdom.. He had died on his birthday... :'(  
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 John had gotten a Copley medal for "outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science". He had gotten the award at the age of 56.
What he was known for
John Harrison was known not for just making clocks, he invented the Marine Chronometer. He thought it would be cool to make a portable clock, it was big put almost weightless so it wasn't so heavy. The clock was about the size of an average person's head. and the box was the same size just squared on the corners. the box is about 3.5 inches tall.
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When Making a clock, you have to make sure that all of the right parts are connected so the clock doesn't go too fast or too slow. 
Here is a cool website that has a way to make your own clock! -http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Clocks
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In the year of 1675, John invented the Marine Chronometer.  A Marine Chronometer is a clock that is right on the spot accurate and it is so accurate that it's used for a portable time standard.  When growing up John built long case clocks as well. He was 20 years old when he had built his very first long case. Although he was NOT the inventor, he was quite close to William Clement, the REAL inventor of the long case, so he helped William build them.
Fun Fact! John Harrison had little to no help inventing the Marine Chronometer!

Work Cited

Images:
-John Harrison: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/John_Harrison_(Gem%C3%A4lde).jpg
-Marine Chronometer- http://c.ask.nate.com/imgs/knsi.php/137979/16123/72552870.jpg
-Long Case Clock- http://www.clock-work-shop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/gardner-of-london-longcase.jpg
-Copley Medal- http://www.darwingame.org/images/copley.jpg
Pocket watch- http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-22MbZTN9GQQ/TVeL0dCU-aI/AAAAAAAAAOE/YxsXid32EFs/s1600/PocketWatch_Face.jpg
Marine Chronometer- http://www.theclockgallery.co.uk/Sale/Bracket/Images/Original/Sewill%20Chronometer.jpg
Long case clock- http://www.mrclock.co.uk/i/product/zoom/n16a.jpg
John Harrison-http://www.clockmakers.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/John-Harrison-portrait.JPG
Webpages:
"Biography: John Harrison." And the Discovery of Longitude. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Jan. 2014.
John Harrison." - ASME. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Jan. 2014.
"Longcase Clock." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Dec. 2013. Web. 16 Jan. 2014.
"John Harrison - Britain Unlimited: British History Online." John Harrison - Britain Unlimited: British History Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Jan. 2014.
"Copley Medal." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Dec. 2013. Web. 16 Jan. 2014.
"Rob Ossian's Pirate's Cove." Rob Ossian's Pirate's Cove. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Jan. 2014.
Page created by Cynthia B. I picked John Harrison because if he wasn't born, we would have messed up clocks and all clocks wouldn't be the right time.  Although he did not invent the clock he did make alterations to make them BETTER than they were so they would work properly.  I LOVE my kitty Yukon and I love texting! ;)