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George III of the United Kingdom

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By God, Harrison, I will see you righted!
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Said ca. 1772, speaking to John Harrison's son William. Quoted in Dava Sobel, Longitude (1995, Fourth Estate Limited. London. Printed 1998. ISBN 1-85702-571-7), p. 147

 
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