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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Cogmaker's Journal.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who completed the first working pendulum clock?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Vincenzio.
(c) Christian Huygens.
(d) Thomas Blundeville.

2. Harrison's clocks were referred to as:
(a) A magic box.
(b) A lump of metal.
(c) A technological reversal.
(d) A moment in time.

3. What was wrong with the watch built within a vacuum?
(a) It was too expensive for the common sailor.
(b) The pendulum wasn't able to swing freely because of the vacuum.
(c) It lost accuracy due to temperature.
(d) It was too large to take to sea.

4. When did Harrison learn of the Longitude Prize?
(a) 1700.
(b) 1727.
(c) 1735.
(d) 1712.

5. Where did Harrison go to present his case to the Board of Longitude?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Edinburgh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the destination the Centurion was sailing for?

2. Hooke nor Huygens were able to:

3. What did WIlliam Whiston contribute to the longitude debate?

4. What did Humphrey Ditton propose to use to solve the longitude problem?

5. Who helped Harrison build a clock that never lost more than a second per month?

(see the answer key)

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