Finding longitude / Richard Dunn & Rebekah Higgitt.

By: Dunn, Richard, 1966- [author.]Contributor(s): Higgitt, Rebekah [author.] | National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) [host institution.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Collins, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 28 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780007525867 (hardback); 9780007939893Other title: Finding longitude : how ships, clocks and stars helped solve the longitude problemSubject(s): Longitude -- Measurement -- History -- Exhibitions | Nautical astronomy -- History -- Exhibitions | Navigation -- History -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 527.209 Summary: Official publication of the National Maritime Museum's exhibition "Ships, Clocks and Stars: The Quest for Longitude". 300 years ago, amidst growing frustration from the naval community and pressure from the increasing importance of international trade, the British government passed the 1714 Longitude Act. It was an attempt to solve one of the most pressing problems of the age: how to determine a ship's longitude (east-west position) at sea. With life-changing rewards on offer, the challenge captured the imaginations and talents of astronomers, skilled craftsmen, politicians, seamen and satirists.
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Published to accompany the exhibition held at the National Maritime Museum, London, June 2014.

Official publication of the National Maritime Museum's exhibition "Ships, Clocks and Stars: The Quest for Longitude". 300 years ago, amidst growing frustration from the naval community and pressure from the increasing importance of international trade, the British government passed the 1714 Longitude Act. It was an attempt to solve one of the most pressing problems of the age: how to determine a ship's longitude (east-west position) at sea. With life-changing rewards on offer, the challenge captured the imaginations and talents of astronomers, skilled craftsmen, politicians, seamen and satirists.

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