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Reminds me of the rewards that were offered in the 1700s to build a marine chronometer that would allow for the accurate computation of longitude at sea. See:
by scrlk 3y ago
Reminds me of the rewards that were offered in the 1700s to build a marine chronometer that would allow for the accurate computation of longitude at sea.
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_rewards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_rewards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison
- fotta 3y agoDava Sobel’s Longitude is a great book on this topic.
- throw0101b 3y agoThe mini-series is also a fun watch: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_(TV_series)