Talk: Longitude

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Are Dava Sobels' books "Longitude" (which I thought was history wrapped in a historical novel) and "A True Story...." the same book? DJ Clayworth 15:07, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC)

I have Longitude, and I can assure you it is purely non-fiction. You may be thinking about the television programme, which was a dramatized and fictionalized (several characters were merged into one etc. similar liberties taken) version of the events covered in the book. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick 15:21, Oct 20, 2003 (UTC)

According to Dana Sobel, John Harrison didn't actually win the Longituded prize. The rules were changed under him so that he no longer qualified for it. Instead, parliament granted him a sum of money in lieu of the prize. --Ezra Wax 16:53, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)