Today we take a look at one of the most vexing problems to face mariners in the Age of Sail, working out your longitude, and how a carpenter with a fascination for clocks helped to solve the issue.
With many thanks to Royal Museums Greenwich for access to the historical clocks! Visit them here: https://www.rmg.co.uk/
Sources:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Finding-Longitude-longitude-National-Maritime/dp/0007525869
http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/ES-LON-00023/1
https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/longitude
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Longitude-Genius-Greatest-Scientific-Problem/dp/0007214227
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