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the invisible vertical lines that took centuries and a clockmaker to finally pin down

prize warBritain offered fortune in 1714 to crack it
clock winsJohn Harrison's marine chronometer solved it, not the stars
zero lineGreenwich became prime meridian by 1884 vote
time twins15 degrees of longitude equals one hour
the squeezelines converge to a single point at poles
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