"Longitude", by Dava Sobel

Longitude does not seem to be a topic that would develop the referees interest and imagination racing, but Dava Sobel manages to make what is a plainly boring topic into a tale that is gripping, exciting and educational. She does this by the quality of her writing. She has the happy knack of being able to bring up technical and often difficult topics with a grace and lucidness that is enchanting. She makes the era come alive and gives the reader a satisfying understanding of those times. By so doing she provokes sympathy in the reader for the times and the immense achievements of the clockmaker Harrison whose life-long work was to change forever how we travel and trade.

Dava Sobel uses clear and direct writing with plenty of well-used move of speech, for example; The Board of Latitude slapped Mudges wrist. She uses dramatic construction, such(prenominal) as short paragraphs; In comparison, John Harrison offered the human a minute ticking thing in a box. Preposterous! Examples such as these are used continually throughout the textual matter which consequently engages the reader.

The text is written logically with events coming in chronological order. Dava Sobel gives the reader a darling solid primer coat of the events prior to Harrisons discoveries.



She tells the reader in detail why the world needed to find the longitude and methods prior to Harrisons clocks. This gives the reader a good understanding of the pressures that the people faced and how they were dealing with them.

Sobel tracks Harrisons progress in the race for longitude, and all the travails and mistreatment he experienced in that time. little is known of Harrisons life, but he was a mechanic in the bitter rivalry amid the astronomers and the mechanics. It is the struggle between these two factions and the way she...

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