Who invented the first practical

marine chronometer in 1730?

INCORRECT

Admiral Shovell

 

Was an English naval officer.

 As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and then at the Battle of Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain he fought at the Battle

of Bantry Bay during the

Williamite War in Ireland.

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John Harrison

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