English clockmaker John Harrison revolutionized long distance seafaring in the 18th century, solving the problem of calculating longitude at sea and devising tools that helped sailors navigate with ...
Following the Scilly naval disaster of 1707, which lost four British Navy ships and almost 2000 sailors at sea, Parliament decided sailors needed a better navigational tool. The British government ...
A £10m prize has been launched to solve one of the greatest scientific problems facing the world today. The competition idea is based on the 1714 Longitude Prize, which was won by John Harrison. His ...
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