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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1483

John Harrison’s Marine Chronometer

When Harrison won the Longitude Prize, fair and square, Parliament wouldn’t pay up.

1484

John Logie Baird

Baird’s inventions didn’t always work as well as his televisions.

1485

Keep away from the Games!

The wise old philosopher had learnt that popular entertainments rot the soul.

1486

The Keeper of the Gate

A widow cast her precious icon into the sea rather than see it dishonoured by government agents, but that wasn’t the end of the story.

1487

The Kitchen Cat

Ruth Lorimer’s strangely comfortless life changes when she finds a scruffy little cat on the stairs, but not everyone is pleased.

1488

The Ladder with Twenty-Four Rungs

The Duke of Argyll was pleasantly surprised to find one of his gardeners reading a learned book of mathematics - in Latin.