The Longitude 1755, John Harrison (16931776) completed his

Chapter 3, Problem 13

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The Longitude 1755, John Harrison (16931776) completed his fourth precision chronometer, the H4, which eventually won the celebrated Longitude Prize. (For the human drama behind the Longitude Prize, see Longitude, by Dava Sobel.) When the minute hand of the H4 indicated 10 minutes past the hour, it extended 3.0 cm in the horizontal direction. (a) How long was the H4s minute hand? (b)At 10 minutes past the hour, was the extension of the minute hand in the vertical direction more than, less than, or equal to 3.0 cm? Explain. (c)Calculate the vertical extension of the minute hand at 10 minutes past the hour.

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