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The Encyclopedia of Horology

Marine timekeeper (copy of H4) · England

Kendall K1

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Commissioned by the Board of Longitude as a copy of H4; carried by James Cook on his second and third voyages, and praised by him.

Technical facts

Basis
Harrison H4 design

Historical significance

  • Commissioned by the Board of Longitude as a copy of H4; carried by James Cook on his second and third voyages, and praised by him.

Related photographs

Harrison H4 clockwork 2
Harrison H4 clockwork 2 — Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Harrison H4 clockwork 3
Harrison H4 clockwork 3 — Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons file page

No confidently matched photograph of this subject has been found yet. These photographs show a closely related record, and are not examples of the type described on this page.

Sources & references

  1. Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue notes
  2. Sobel, D. & Andrewes, W., The Illustrated Longitude

Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.