Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Who placed the prime meridian in Greenwich? (from Chapter 15: In the Meridian Courtyard)

Halley.

Gould.

Flamsteed.

Nevil Maskelyne.

2.

Who was famous for reducing the motion of the planets to a few equations? (from Chapter 9: Hands on Heaven's Clock)

John Hadley.

Leonhard Euler.

Isaac Newton.

John Harrison.

3.

The Parliamentary committee assembled to respond to the problem of longitude relied on which two experts? (from Chapter 6: The Prize)

Newton and Halley.

Whiston and Ditton.

Flamsteed and Thacker.

Ptolomy and Jupiter.

4.

Where does Chapter 15: In the Meridian Courtyard take place? (from Chapter 15: In the Meridian Courtyard)

Equator.

Meridian House.

Royal Observatory.

Tropic of Cancer.

5.

What was one of Harrison's innovations? (from Chapter 7: Cogmaker's Journal)

A vacuum that held out temperature changes.

A new clock face that revolutionized the way we tell time.

A brass and steel pendulum that aided in keeping time despite temperature changes.

Gears that could last for extended periods at sea.

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