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BY. JOHN TYRRELL BAYLEE. LONDON: PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY. R. HUNTER, 72, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD. OF. FINDING THE LONGITUDE, &c.

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The history of longitude is a record of the effort, by astronomers, cartographers and navigators over several centuries, to discover a means of determining longitude. The measurement of longitude is important to both cartography and navigation, in particular to provide safe ocean navigation. Knowledge of both latitude and longitude was required. Finding an accurate and reliable method of determining longitude took centuries of study, and involved some of the greatest scientific minds in human history.

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time is a best-selling book by Dava Sobel about John Harrison, an 18th-century clockmaker who created the first clock (chronometer) sufficiently accurate t. .

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time is a best-selling book by Dava Sobel about John Harrison, an 18th-century clockmaker who created the first clock (chronometer) sufficiently accurate to be used to determine longitude at sea-an important development in navigation. The book was made into a television series entitled Longitude.

measuring longitude -, which stumped even the best of scientific minds for centuries. A fascinating problem. The clock idea was based on time difference. 15 degrees of longitude equals an hour.

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