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Board of Longitude, the Glossary

The Commissioners for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea, or more popularly Board of Longitude, was a British government body formed in 1714 to administer a scheme of prizes intended to encourage innovators to solve the problem of finding longitude at sea.^[1]

23 relations: Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Cambridge University Library, Cloudesley Shovell, Edward Sabine, Greenwich, History of longitude, Isles of Scilly, Israel Lyons, John Harrison, Leonhard Euler, Longitude, Longitude (book), Longitude Act, Longitude rewards, Lunar distance (navigation), Michael Faraday, Richard Dunthorne, Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Scilly naval disaster of 1707, The Nautical Almanac, Thomas Young (scientist), Tobias Mayer, University of Cambridge.
1714 establishments in Great Britain
1828 disestablishments
History of navigation
Navigation organizations

Anne, Queen of Great Britain

Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of Scotland and England, until her death.

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Cambridge University Library

Cambridge University Library is the main research library of the University of Cambridge.

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Cloudesley Shovell

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell (c. November 1650 – 22 or 23 October 1707) was an English naval officer.

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Edward Sabine

Sir Edward Sabine (14 October 1788 – 26 June 1883) was an Irish astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist, explorer, soldier and the 30th president of the Royal Society.

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Greenwich

Greenwich is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London.

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History of longitude

The history of longitude describes the centuries-long effort by astronomers, cartographers and navigators to discover a means of determining the longitude of any given place on Earth. Board of Longitude and history of longitude are history of navigation.

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Isles of Scilly

The Isles of Scilly (label, Enesek Syllan, or Enesow Syllan) are a small archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Israel Lyons

Israel Lyons the Younger (1739 – 1 May 1775) mathematician and botanist, was born in Cambridge, the son of Israel Lyons the elder (died 1770).

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John Harrison

John Harrison (– 24 March 1776) was an English carpenter and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of calculating longitude while at sea.

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Leonhard Euler

Leonhard Euler (15 April 170718 September 1783) was a Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, geographer, logician, and engineer who founded the studies of graph theory and topology and made pioneering and influential discoveries in many other branches of mathematics such as analytic number theory, complex analysis, and infinitesimal calculus.

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Longitude

Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the surface of the Earth, or another celestial body. Board of Longitude and Longitude are Meridians (geography).

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Longitude (book)

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time is a 1995 best-selling book by Dava Sobel about John Harrison, an 18th-century clockmaker who created the first clock (chronometer) sufficiently accurate to be used to determine longitude at sea—an important development in navigation. Board of Longitude and longitude (book) are history of navigation.

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Longitude Act

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. Board of Longitude and Longitude Act are 1714 establishments in Great Britain and history of navigation.

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Longitude rewards

The longitude rewards were the system of inducement prizes offered by the British government for a simple and practical method for the precise determination of a ship's longitude at sea. Board of Longitude and longitude rewards are 1714 establishments in Great Britain and history of navigation.

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In celestial navigation, lunar distance, also called a lunar, is the angular distance between the Moon and another celestial body.

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Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday (22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.

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Richard Dunthorne

Richard Dunthorne (1711 – 3 March 1775) was an English astronomer and surveyor, who worked in Cambridge as astronomical and scientific assistant to Roger Long (master of Pembroke Hall and Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry),Library of St John's College, Cambridge, 2008; and Philosophical Transactions (Abridgement Series) (1809).

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Royal Observatory, Greenwich

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (ROG; known as the Old Royal Observatory from 1957 to 1998, when the working Royal Greenwich Observatory, RGO, temporarily moved south from Greenwich to Herstmonceux) is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in south east London, overlooking the River Thames to the north.

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Scilly naval disaster of 1707

The Scilly naval disaster of 1707 was the loss of four warships of a Royal Navy fleet off the Isles of Scilly in severe weather on 22 October 1707.

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The Nautical Almanac

The Nautical Almanac has been the familiar name for a series of official British almanacs published under various titles since the first issue of The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, for 1767: this was the first nautical almanac to contain data dedicated to the convenient determination of longitude at sea.

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Thomas Young (scientist)

Thomas Young FRS (13 June 177310 May 1829) was a British polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology.

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Tobias Mayer

Tobias Mayer (17 February 172320 February 1762) was a German astronomer famous for his studies of the Moon.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Longitude

Also known as Commissioners for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea, Discovery of Longitude at Sea Act 1762, Discovery of Longitude at Sea Act 1790, Finding of the Longitude at Sea Act 1776, Finding of the Longitude at Sea Act 1780, Finding of the Longitude at Sea Act 1781, Longitude at Sea Act 1796.