Watch episode 21 of Map Men NOW!
Added 2021-07-26 14:21:29 +0000 UTCSorry I'm late, boss!
Usually, new Map Mens go out on a Monday, with Patreon Patrons (you absolutely wonderful lot) getting a sneak peak a day or two or three before.
Well, this time, sorry to say, there's been a bit of a delay. A couple of bits got held up, so I won't be making the video fully public on YouTube until Tuesday, or possibly even Wednesday.
That's the bad news.... but the good news is, the only part of the video that still needs work is the ad, which doesn't really count, which means I get to show you a preview of the episode right now!
Hope you like this one. It's a history-y episode, about a particular person rather than a particular map, with lots of dressing up. Enjoy!
As usual, if you spot anything that looks like a mistake, that looks like it could be fixed in the next 24 hours, please do let me know. So far, every single time, at least one of you has spotted something we missed that's worth fixing, so, in advance, thank you thank you thank you!
Bit of news while I've got you here.... there will be a one month gap on my channel before the final episode in this current series of Map Men gets uploaded in September 2021. So, no video in August, but my excuse for taking a month off is a really good one - it's my wedding! (Incidentally, that's why this episode is late, I've just got home from my stag.)
I'll see you all again in September! Hope you have a great August! Many thanks, best wishes, and yours sincerely,
Mr Jay Foreman*
*soon to be Mr Jay Foreman**
**I'm keeping my own name.
Comments
This is my favourite episode of Map Men and not only because it features a fellow Northerner who, like me, was born on 24th March. I can’t make clocks, though…
Major Ward
2023-10-06 17:32:28 +0000 UTCCongratulations!
William Power
2021-07-29 07:30:11 +0000 UTCSuch a great episode, I loved it. Congratulations to your wedding! As far as excuses go, that's a good one for sure :)
Atrobbus
2021-07-27 11:37:09 +0000 UTCCongratulations, J & J - what wonderful news, and what a wonderful episode! Many thanks for what you are doing!
2021-07-27 06:09:44 +0000 UTCoH! I didn't know about the wedding ... apparently. Congrats! And the episode was amazing! The Reverse Steve Jobs is amazing, and I think the silly King George is a bit of a Black Adder homage? Or was it just a silly gag?
2021-07-27 03:52:54 +0000 UTCCongratulations to Jay and Jade! Huzzah! Congratulations again to Mark and his wife for their family addition. The video is great. I was super-excited when I saw the title. I love the story of Harrison. I love the tik-tok joke. Possible the best single one-liner in the history of map men. I laughed out loud. A correction to the improvement notes. H1 doesn't have a single (single-ended) pendulum, but it does have two double-ended counter-moving pendula. I presume H2 is similar. H3 has two counter-rotating pendula. I don't know what the inside of H4 looks like. An additional bit of info. Harrison was so disgusted with the whole thing that he built H5, which was basically the same as H4 but half the size. Unlike the other clocks, H5 appears (or appeared) in the London clockmaker's museum. I would add one item to the notes. There book "Longitude" is great, and I think that's a large part of why most folks nowadays know the Harrison story. There's also a broader story told in the book "The Marine Chronometer". The Harrison clock was brilliant, and was up to the task, but production was a pain. There was lots of parameters that were very hard to dial in, and the temperature compensation was external to the pendulum. For a production chronometer, what had to be invented was a temperature compensation that rode on the pendulum, vastly simplifying the clock (and production). This is all in the Marine Chronometer book. I think the writer of that book discovered the Harrison clocks at Greenwich and is the reason that we know about them today.
Craig P Steffen
2021-07-27 01:24:34 +0000 UTC
