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Copy of Sir Isaac Newton's opinion on methods for determining longitude at sea dated 1714, with a later note dated 1741/2 on the agreement of the best method by those named.
Copy of Sir Isaac Newton's opinion, as expressed at a Committee meeting, 11 Jun 1714, re: methods for determining longitude at sea: 'by a watch to keep time exactly'; 'by the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites'; and 'by the place of the Moon'. With a note, dated 16 January 1741/2, that the first method would be the best, as agreed by: Martin Folkes; Robert Smith; James Bradley; J Colson; George Grahame; Edmund Halley; William Jones; George, Earl of Macclesfield; James Jurin; Charles Cavendish; Abraham de Moivre; and John Hadley.
Related Material the <a href="http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BGN-00000/1">Board of Longitude Digital Archive</a> for a digitised copy of this item.
Related Material the <a href="http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BGN-00000/1">Board of Longitude Digital Archive</a> for a digitised copy of this item.
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Record Details
| Item reference: | BGN/1; WB/12 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1742-01-16 - 1742-01-16 |
| Creator: | Barrington-Shute, William Wildman |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Purchased with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund |
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- Copy of Sir Isaac Newton's opinion on methods for determining longitude at sea dated 1714, with a later note dated 1741/2 on the agreement of the best method by those named. (Manuscript) (BGN/1)
- Memorandum to explain the accounts of the money raised by the sale of Old Naval Stores between December 1740 and December 1749. (Manuscript) (BGN/2)
- List of monies paid to John Harrison, dated 1762. (Manuscript) (BGN/3)
- Navy Office accounts of monies issued for the development of longitude instruments, dated 28 January 1765. (Manuscript) (BGN/4)
- Letter from Mr Hornsby to the Reverend Dr Barrington, dated 28 January 1765, on the advantages of determining the longitudes and latitudes of the British Isles. (Manuscript) (BGN/5)
- Letter from James, Earl of Morton (Lord Aberdour) to Lord Viscount Barrington, dated Tuesday, 5 March 1765, asking him to postpone a Board of Longitude committee meeting. (Manuscript) (BGN/6)
- Letter from James, Earl of Morton (Lord Aberdour) to Lord Viscount Barrington, dated Wednesday, 6 March 1765, regarding his availability to attend a Board of Longitude committee meeting. (Manuscript) (BGN/7)
- Speech by Lord Barrington in which he discusses the construction and trials of Harrison's timekeepers. (Manuscript) (BGN/8)
- Proposal by the Board of Longitude to pay John Harrison a sum of money for the development of his timekeepers. (Manuscript) (BGN/9)
- Note stating that Members of the Board of Longitude would not be entitled to receive a reward for any discoveries made on the methods of of finding the longitude at sea. (Manuscript) (BGN/10)
- Letter from Nevil Maskelyne and Mr Shepherd to Lord Barrington, on Lord Howe's objection to the partition of the Board of Longitude. (Manuscript) (BGN/11)
- Letter from the Speaker of the House of Commons to Lord Barrington, requesting alterations to the resolutions proposed to the Committee. (Manuscript) (BGN/12)
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