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Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by noleary on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @01:49PM (#41998139)
It is not exactly what you're looking for, but long ago I read this book about the invention of the naval chronometer:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_(book)

It's generally pretty well-regarded and closely related.

Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by wbl on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @03:03PM (#41998946)
Revolution in Time is drier but still interesting and covers up past the quartz crisis starting from Babylon.
Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by sebastialonso on Thursday October 31, 2024 @09:12AM (#42006578)
Thanks a lot!