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It was first released on his 1977 album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes. It reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 24 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and number 11 on the Easy Listening chart. This song begins with an instrumental introduction which initially resembles the chorus of "Yellow Bird" (originally a 19th ...
John Harrison (3 April [ O.S. 24 March] 1693 – 24 March 1776) was an English carpenter and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of calculating longitude while at sea. Harrison's solution revolutionized navigation and greatly increased the safety of long-distance sea travel.
Longitude lines on the globe. The longitude rewards were the system of inducement prizes offered by the British government for a simple and practical method for the precise determination of a ship's longitude at sea. The prizes, established through an Act of Parliament (the Longitude Act) in 1714, were administered by the Board of Longitude .
Children's song. A children's song may be a nursery rhyme set to music, a song that children invent and share among themselves or a modern creation intended for entertainment, use in the home or education. Although children's songs have been recorded and studied in some cultures more than others, they appear to be universal in human society.
Subsequent Longitude Acts offered different rewards. That of 1767 held out £5,000 for improvements to Tobias Mayer's lunar tables and that of 1774 halved the amount offered for any method or instrument achieving the degrees of precision outlined in the original Act (i.e. £5,000 for a degree, £7,500 for 2 ⁄ 3 of a degree or £10,000 for 1 ⁄ 2 a degree).
Genre. children's. Space Songs is an album in the " Ballads For The Age of Science " or " Singing Science " series of scientific music for children from the late 1950s and early 1960s. Songs were written by Hy Zaret (lyrics) and Lou Singer (music). "Space Songs" was released in 1959 by Hy Zaret's label "Motivation Records" (a division of Argosy ...
For Kids Cartoon Festivals: Little Tweety and Little Inki Cartoon Festival Featuring "I Taw a Putty Tat" VHS - Cartoon Moviestars: Tweety and Sylvester; Laserdisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 3, Side 6, Tashlin/Clampett; DVD – Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 2, Disc 1; Final Merrie Melodies release to credit Leon Schlesinger.
The entire saga of the sword first appeared in the 11 th century poem “The Song of Roland,” which The Telegraph reports is the oldest surviving major work of French literature.