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

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...

European maritime powers offered prizes for a method to determine longitude at sea. The best-known of these is the Longitude Act passed by the British parliament...

many lost..." and announced the Longitude Prize "for such person or persons as shall discover the Longitude." The prizes were to be awarded to the first...

celestial body. Longitude may also refer to: Longitude rewards, a British inducement prize for a solution to the longitude problem Longitude, a book by Dava...

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...

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

include the Longitude prize (1714–1765), the Orteig Prize (1919–1927) and prizes from enterprises such as Challenge Works and the X Prize Foundation....

Gould (1890–1948). Longitude presents the story of Harrison's efforts to develop the marine chronometer and thereby win the Longitude prize in the 18th century...

conditions. In 1714, the British government offered a longitude prize for a method of determining longitude at sea, with the awards ranging from £10,000 to...

chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of calculating longitude while at sea. Harrison's solution revolutionized navigation and greatly...

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...

Royal Observatory, Greenwich in east London. Longitude prize Galilean moons Sobel, Dava (1995). Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the...

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literature Blue Stockings Society Other East India Company British Empire Longitude prize Window tax Proclamation of Rebellion South Sea Company Speenhamland...

literature Blue Stockings Society Other East India Company British Empire Longitude prize Window tax Proclamation of Rebellion South Sea Company Speenhamland...

literature Blue Stockings Society Other East India Company British Empire Longitude prize Window tax Proclamation of Rebellion South Sea Company Speenhamland...

literature Blue Stockings Society Other East India Company British Empire Longitude prize Window tax Proclamation of Rebellion South Sea Company Speenhamland...

anniversary of the Board of Longitude in 2014, he instigated a programme of new challenge prizes of £5-10m under the name 'Longitude Prize 2014', which are administered...

naval timepieces and their use in determining longitude when at sea in order to win the longitude prize. The book itself won the 1997 British Book of...

technology prize contests, including the Longitude prize (won by John Harrison), the Orteig Prize (won by Charles Lindbergh), the Ansari X PRIZE (won by...

literature Blue Stockings Society Other East India Company British Empire Longitude prize Window tax Proclamation of Rebellion South Sea Company Speenhamland...

you are, a science that has seen tremendous focus in 1711 with the Longitude prize. Navigation aids either measure position from a fixed point of reference...

highlighted two recurring trends; for James and his successors, the main prize was England, with Ireland and Scotland secondary to that, while the primary...

in Russia, attacking and occupying Samara. John Harrison wins the Longitude prize, for his invention of the marine chronometer. Hilaire Rouelle discovers...

Guliver med pritlikavci (Gulliver in Lilliput). In 2001 the book The Longitude Prize for which he produced the illustrations won an honour at the Robert...

July 8 – Longitude prize: The Parliament of Great Britain votes "to offer a reward for such person or persons as shall discover the Longitude" (£10,000...

COVID-19 for the G20 Indonesian Presidency. He is a member of the Longitude Prize Committee and the founding Board Chair of Movement Health Foundation...

literature Blue Stockings Society Other East India Company British Empire Longitude prize Window tax Proclamation of Rebellion South Sea Company Speenhamland...

determination of longitude came with the invention of the marine chronometer. The 1714 longitude prize offer for a method of determining longitude at sea, was...