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.

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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 June 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.

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Object Details

ID:	BGN/1
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Barrington-Shute, William Wildman
Date made:	1742-01-16 - 1742-01-16
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Purchased with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Measurements:	1 item
Parts:	Barrington-Shute, William Wildman, 2nd Viscount Barrington, 1717-1793. (Manuscript) 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) Notes on different methods of finding longitude at sea and on Longitude Acts. (Manuscript) (BGN/13) Pamphlet by John Harrison called 'A Narative of the Proceedings etc. Concerning the Longitude'. (Manuscript) (BGN/14)