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The acid test for the Board of Longitude was the accuracy of a timekeeper at sea over time. In 1598 King Philip III of Spain (ruled 1598–1621) offered a considerable life pension to the discoverer of longitude. | The acid test for the Board of Longitude was the accuracy of a timekeeper at sea over time. In 1598 King Philip III of Spain (ruled 1598–1621) offered a considerable life pension to the discoverer of longitude. | ||
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Board of Longitude
The acid test for the Board of Longitude was the accuracy of a timekeeper at sea over time. In 1598 King Philip III of Spain (ruled 1598–1621) offered a considerable life pension to the discoverer of longitude.
Literature
- Andrewes, William J. H., ed. The Quest for Longitude. Cambridge, Mass., 1996.
- Bedini, Silvio A. The Pulse of Time: Galileo Galilei, the Determination of Longitude, and the Pendulum Clock. Florence, 1991.
- Gould, Rupert T. John Harrison and His Timekeepers. London, 1978.
- Howse, Derek. Greenwich Time and the Discovery of Longitude. London, 1997.
- Landes, David. Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World. Cambridge, Mass., 1983.
- Quill, Humphrey. John Harrison, the Man Who Found Longitude. London, 1966.
- Sobel, Dava. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time. New York, 1995.
- Sobel, Dava, and William J. H. Andrewes. The Illustrated Longitude. New York, 1998.
- Taylor, E. G. R. The Haven-Finding Art: A History of Navigation from Odysseus to Captain Cook. London, 1971