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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was one disadvantage to using the magnetic variation method to determine longitude?
2. What was the tool introduced by John Davis in 1595 to better look at the sun called?
3. What did WIlliam Whiston contribute to the longitude debate?
4. Before using clocks to navigate longitude, sailors used the __________.
5. In the earliest lines of latitude, what marked the zero-degree line?
Short Essay Questions
1. In 1740, the Centurion set sail for the South Pacific without Harrison's clock. What might have been different about the voyage if they would have taken the clock? Why?
2. What two advances did Thacker's chronometer make? Why did it still not work?
3. What was King Charles II's role in solving the longitude problem?
4. Explain the title of Chapter 5: Powder of Sympathy.
5. In Chapter 2: The Sea Before Time, what happened to Sir Clowdisley's voyage?
6. What was the problem with measuring the speed of light? How was it solved?
7. What was Humphrey Ditton's suggestion for determining longitude?
8. In 1530, Flemish astronomer Gemma Frisiusm wrote that the clocks of his day "provided no problem to those who traveled." In reality, what were the problems with clocks of his day for travel?
9. What did Huygens patent in 1675.
10. In Harrison's early clockmaking years, what was his goal?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The hero of "Longitude" is John Harrison. In an essay, outline his major accomplishments in relation to the longitude problem. Did his background help or hurt him? What controversies did he have to endure?
Essay Topic 2
What role did the astronomers elitism play in the quest for solving the longitude problem?
Essay Topic 3
In an essay, outline the accomplishments of the major players in the early quest to solve the longitude problem. Include the following: Thacket, Newton, Halley, Flamsteed, and the Board of Longitude.
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