Board of Longitude
The Commissioners for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea, or more popularly Board of Longitude, was a British government body formed in 1714 to administer a scheme of prizes intended to encourage innovators to solve the problem of finding longitude at sea.
1713 in Great Britain1757 in science1774 in science3rd Parliament of Great BritainAdmiralty in the 18th centuryAlexander (1801 ship)Anders Johan LexellBoard of longitudeCaroline HerschelCharles Green (astronomer)Charles MasonCommissioners for the Discovery of the Longitude at SeaDepth soundingDiscovery of Longitude at Sea Act 1713Dividing engineEliza EdwardsElizabeth Johnson (pamphleteer)George Graham (clockmaker)George Lewis ScottHMS Griper (1813)Henry Andrews (mathematician)History of navigationHugh Willoughby, 15th Baron Willoughby of ParhamHumphry DittonInducement prize contestJames InmanJane SquireJesse RamsdenJohn Arnold (watchmaker)John Campbell (Royal Navy officer)John CrosleyJohn Forbes (Royal Navy officer)John HarrisonJohn Robison (physicist)John Thomas CooperJózef Maria Hoene-WrońskiLarcum KendallLater life of Isaac Newton
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Board of Longitude
The Commissioners for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea, or more popularly Board of Longitude, was a British government body formed in 1714 to administer a scheme of prizes intended to encourage innovators to solve the problem of finding longitude at sea.
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Board of Longitude (Komisja Dł ...... tała zlikwidowana w 1828 roku.
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La Junta de Longitud (en inglé ...... oblema ya había sido resuelto.
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Le Board of Longitude (en angl ...... tudes français, fondé en 1795.
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The Commissioners for the Disc ...... m of finding longitude at sea.
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Der Board of Longitude (engl. ...... Genauigkeit von höchstens ein
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La Board of Longitude (en angl ...... t. Els premis principals eren:
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La Junta de Longitud (en inglé ...... oblema ya había sido resuelto.
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Le Board of Longitude (en angl ...... tudes français, fondé en 1795.
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The Commissioners for the Disc ...... m of finding longitude at sea.
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Комиссия долгот — это орган, о ...... еографической долготы на море.
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Board of Longitude
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Junta de Longitud
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