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National Maritime Heritage Conference Boston, Massach usetts, wi ll be the s ite of the Fifth National Maritime Heri tage Conference, sched uled for 15- 18 Septe mber 1993. Jointly sponsored by the National Trust for Hi storic Preservation, the National Maritime A lliance, and the National Mari time Initi ati ve (a program of the National Park Service), the conference will bring togethe r representatives and interested indi viduals from every facet of maritime he ritage activity in North America. The the me of the confe re nce is " Developing a Natio nal Po li cy o n Maritime He ritage." For info rmation contact the Maritime Office, National Trust, 1785 Massachusetts Ave. NW, W ashington DC 20036; 202 673-42 12.
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The Longitude Sy mposium T he te rcente nary of the birth of John Harri son, in ve nto r of the first successful timekeeper, is the occas io n for a confe rence on the earl y hi story of findin g lo ngitude at sea to be held at Harva rd Un ive rsity, 4-6 November: The event is o rganized by the Co llecti on of Historica l Scientific In strume nts at Harvard , in association with the Nationa l Assoc iati o n of Watc h and C loc k Co ll ec to rs. Di stin gui shed experts in the fi e lds of horology, cartography and hi story w ill be present to give pape rs and discuss developments, beginning abo ut 1500, that led toa m ethod of finding longitude. (Lo ngitude Symposium, Science Center B6, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02 138) ,t
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