The Longitude Act 1714 was an Act of Parliament of Great Britain passed in July 1714 at the end of the reign of Queen Anne. It established the Board of...

Longitude (/ˈlɒndʒɪtjuːd/, AU and UK also /ˈlɒŋɡɪ-/) is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the surface of the...

ship's longitude at sea. The prizes, established through an Act of Parliament (the Longitude Act) in 1714, were administered by the Board of Longitude. This...

heavy loss of life. Established by Queen Anne the Longitude Act 1714 named 24 Commissioners of Longitude, key figures from politics, the Navy, astronomy...

up to £20,000 (equivalent to £3.97 million in 2024) under the 1714 Longitude Act, though Harrison never received the full reward due to political rivalries...

Newton. He is now probably best known for helping to instigate the Longitude Act in 1714 (and his attempts to win the rewards that it promised) and his...

government’s Longitude Act, which offered monetary rewards for anyone who could devise a portable, practical solution for determining a ship's longitude. In 2003...

history of longitude describes the centuries-long effort by astronomers, cartographers and navigators to discover a means of determining the longitude of any...

Longitude Festival is a music festival that takes place during July every year in Dublin, Ireland. Since 2013, Marlay Park has been home to the festival...

submitted schemes with the aim of receiving a reward under the 1714 Longitude Act. Squire was born in York and baptised in 1686 and died in London in...

The Longitude Prize is an inducement prize contest offered by Challenge Works, a social enterprise which was historically part of Nesta, a British lottery...

the terms of the Longitude Act, although the former appeared to be more accurate. Harrison's watch had produced Bridgetown's longitude with an error of...

pamphleteer who attempted to win one of the rewards offered by the 1714 Longitude Act passed, which offered monetary rewards for anyone who could find a simple...

Derek (1997). Greenwich time and the longitude. London: Philip Wilson. ISBN 9780856674686. "Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-21". Parliament of...

longitude problem, the scale of the disaster may have contributed to concern about the problem in general, which ultimately led to the Longitude Act in...

accuracy of his clocks, later received considerable sums under the Longitude Act. In 1735, Harrison built his first chronometer, which he steadily improved...

is attributed to the mariner's inability to find their longitude. This led to the Longitude Act to improve the aids available for navigation. Marine chronometers...

prior to a pamphlet published on the eve of Parliament's vote on the Longitude Act, seven years later. Shovell's body and those of both his stepsons were...

worked well enough to allow Harrison to meet the standards set by the Longitude Act, it was not widely adopted. Around 1765, Pierre Le Roy (son of Julien...

1675 – 10 August, construction began. 1714 Longitude Act established the Board of Longitude and Longitude rewards. The Astronomer Royal was, until the...

Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first Longitude Act is enacted in 1714. 1721 – The Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar...

reliable method of determining longitude (before John Harrison developed the marine chronometer method of determining longitude, the main theory was the Method...

prize, established through an Act of Parliament (the Longitude Act) in 1714, was administered by the Board of Longitude. Another example happened during...

was named a manager of the Longitude Act bill, providing a reward for discovering a method to accurately measure longitude. The bill was given royal assent...

Immigration Act of 1917 (also known as the Literacy Act or the Burnett Act and less often as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act) was a United States Act that aimed...

re-applications until the Standard Time Act 1945 made the abandonment of NZMT permanent in 1946, so that 180° becomes the base longitude and what was called NZ Summer...

parallel to longitude 10° west (64°00′00″N 10°00′00″W / 64.00000°N 10.00000°W / 64.00000; -10.00000); thence to latitude 60° north, longitude 14° west...

navigation, and the Navy. In 1714, the British government passed the Longitude Act (see longitude prize) to create an incentive to solve the problem of navigation...

between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it is convenient for areas in frequent communication to keep...

The Oil Pollution Act of 1973 or Oil Pollution Act Amendments of 1973, 33 U.S.C. Chapter 20 §§ 1001-1011, was a United States federal law which amended...