Time and time again : determination of longitude at sea in the 17th century /

• Main Author: De Grijs, Richard 1969- (συγγραφέας.)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol : IOP Publishing, c2017.
• Series: IOP expanding physics.
• Subjects: Γεωγραφικό μήκος > Μετρήσεις > Ιστορία; Αστρονομική ναυτιλία > Ιστορία

Determination of one's longitude at sea has perplexed sailors for many centuries. The significant uptake of world trade in the 17th and 18th Centuries rendered the increasingly urgent need to solve the 'longitude problem', an issue of strategic national importance. Historical accounts...