I found the story of John Harrison to be quite sad. He spent his lifetime trying to solve the problem of longitude only to be rejected time after again by people that most likely didn't even understand his constructions. Even after Harrison had finally finished the pocket watch that was capable of telling time more accurate than any other at its time, others were still unwilling to accept the possibility that it could solve the problem. I think that this was much more common in the past due to many of the scientists of the day attempting to hold on to their own ideas and inventions and never wanting to share the spotlight. This seems to be a pretty consistent outcome for men like Harrison, for me, two examples come to mind. The first was Albert
