A&E's Longitude miniseries will be out on VHS and DVD in August, 2000. Unfortunately (or not so unfortunately), I don't have cable or satellite TV here so I will rely on getting one of these versions. I look forward to more sundial list reviews.
VHS version: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004U2K0/qid=963286116/sr=1-/103-661445 7-6115036 DVD version: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004U2K1/qid=963286116/sr=1-1/103-66144 57-6115036 Also of note was the recently aired NOVA currently available http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578071305/qid=963286116/sr=1-2/103-66144 57-6115036 Nova - Lost at Sea The seach for longitude (1999) ~ VHS Editorial Reviews Amazon.com How did they make long ocean voyages before satellite tracking? Mostly by sheer luck and guesswork, until a secure method for establishing position by the stars was discovered. NOVA traces the roots of this discovery in Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude, showing how one unschooled carpenter, John Harrison, proved the best minds of his generation (including Sir Isaac Newton) wrong by building a clock accurate enough to keep time on the high seas. This was all that was needed to accurately track one's position, locking in England as the dominant naval power for years thereafter. Dramatic re-creations, interviews, and demonstrations of antique naval instruments add up to a spellbinding hour as the story of longitude unfolds before our eyes. --Rob Lightner Video Description Before global positioning systems, modern map making, even before America was America, finding longitude was just a dream. Without its guidance, navigation in the 1700s was both unpredictable and deadly, until one man solved the mystery. Richard Dreyfuss narrates this dramatic recreation of longitude's difficult discovery, and the remarkable history-making life of a humble, ingenious country carpenter named John Harrison. With no formal education, Harrison used his boundless imagination to. Larry Bohlayer All MAIL: Celestial Products, Inc. P.O. Box 801 Middleburg, VA 20118-0801 All shipping: Celestial Products, Inc. 20659 St. Louis Rd. Philomont, Virginia 20131 U.S.A. USA (Eastern Time Zone or -5 UT) EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VOICE: 540-338-4040 FAX: 540-338-4042 Order Line: 800-235-3783 On-line Catalog: http://www.celestialproducts.com
