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Jan. 01, 1962 - Special exhibition - 4 steps to Longitude'; Next Friday the National Maritime Museum opens an exhibition entitled Four Steps to Longitude to mark the bi-centenary of the first successful sea trial of a marine timekeeper. Photo Shows At the museum in Greenwich today Lt. Commander D.W. Water, curator of the Navigation and Antromony section of the museum, checks his watch against the first accurate marine timekeeper which went for 40 years non stop. It was first used on a cruise from England to Lisbon elh
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Accurate Checks Curator Entitled Greenwich Lisbon Longitude Timekeeper
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