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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. How much time did H-4 lose at sea when it was being tested?

2. The Board of Longitude demanded Harrison hand over the H-4 so it could be used by whom?

3. What happened to clockmaking after Harrison's death?

4. What kind of solution to the longitude problem did the Board of Longitude originally desire?

5. Which of the following people were not members of the Board of Longitude?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the Board of Longitude biased against Harrison?

2. What happened when King George III took an interest in Harrison's clocks?

3. What happened to clockmaking after Harrison's death?

4. What advances did the H-3 make?

5. Why was Maskelyne threatened by Harrison?

6. Describe Harrison's relationship with the Board of Longitude.

7. Describe the H-4.

8. What role did the astronomers elitism play in the quest for solving the longitude problem?

9. What struggles did astronomers go through in attempting to solve the problem of longitude?

10. Who were Harrison's enemies? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When the Board of Longitude established a large monetary prize, many inventors came forward with ideas on how to solve the problem. In an essay, analyze whether or not the monetary award associated with the longitude prize helped to spur ideas for solving longitude or created a setback in time wasted having to consider crackpot schemes.

Essay Topic 2

What role did elitism play in the quest for a clock based solution to longitude?

Essay Topic 3

We learn in Longitude the struggles that astronomers had gone through in developing a solution to the longitude problem and they would not allow all their work to be shown unnecessary. Sobel is able to come to allow the reader to come to this conclusion through the use of objective and subjective details. According to the Royal Academy of Astronomers, why was Harrison not "worthy" to solve the problem of longitude? How do you know this? Through objective or subjective details?

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