Time and time again: determination of longitude at sea in the 17th century
Determination of one's longitude at sea has perplexed sailors for many centuries. The significant uptake of world trade in the 17th and 18th Centuries rendered the increasingly urgent need to solve the 'longitude problem', an issue of strategic national importance. Historical accounts...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Determination of one's longitude at sea has perplexed sailors for many centuries. The significant uptake of world trade in the 17th and 18th Centuries rendered the increasingly urgent need to solve the 'longitude problem', an issue of strategic national importance. Historical accounts of these efforts often focus almost exclusively on John Harrison's role in 18th-Century Britain. This book starts instead from Galileo Galilei's late-16th-Century development of an accurate pendulum clock, which was first achieved in practice in the mid-17th-Century by Christiaan Huygens in the Dutch Republic. It is primarily based on collections of letters that have not been combined into a single volume before. Extensive introductory chapters on the history of map making, the establishment of the world's reference meridian at Greenwich Observatory, and the rise of the scientific enterprise provide the appropriate context for non-expert readers to fully engage with the book's main subject matter |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
PREFACE
FOREWORD
AUTHOR
BIOGRAPHY
X
AV
XVI
1
CHANGING
TIMES
1-1
1.1 ENLIGHTENMENT
IN
WESTERN
EUROPE:
THE
DUTCH
GOLDEN
AGE 1-1
1.2
INTERMEZZO:
THE
RISE OF
THE
SCIENTIST
1-3
1.3
SCHOLARLY
COMMUNICATION
AND
SCIENTIFIC
NETWORKS
IN
THE
17TH CENTURY 1-7
1.4 BIRTH
OF
THE
LEARNED
SOCIETIES
AND
THEIR
SCIENTIFIC
JOURNALS
1-13
1.5
THE 17TH
CENTURY:
EARLY MODERN
PINNACLE
OF
HUMAN
INGENUITY 1-22
REFERENCES
AND NOTES
1-25
2
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
OF MATHEMATICAL
GEOGRAPHY
2-1
2.1 COORDINATE
SYSTEMS
2-1
2.1.1
NAVIGATION
IN
THE
WESTERN
PACIFIC
2-2
2.1.2
THE
ANCIENT
GREEKS
2-4
2.1.3
PTOLEMY S
MAP
PROJECTIONS
2-13
2.2 EARLY
CARTOGRAPHY
AND MAPPING
2-20
2.2.1
ADVANCES
IN
THE
ISLAMIC
WORLD
2-20
2.2.2
EAST
ASIAN
NAVIGATION
AND CARTOGRAPHY
2-28
2.3 TOWARDS
RELIABLE
NAVIGATION
ACROSS
THE
OPEN SEAS
2-36
2.3.1 PORTOLAN
CHARTS
2-36
2.3.2
DEAD
RECKONING
AND
COLUMBUS
LEGACY
2-40
2.3.3
PIRACY
AND
THE
PORTUGUESE/SPANISH
CONQUEST
OF
THE
NEW
WORLD 2-49
REFERENCES
AND NOTES
2-58
3
EARLY
INSIGHTS
INSPIRED BY
GALILEO
GALILEI
3-1
3.1 GALILEO S
INFLUENCE
3-1
3.1.1
ARISTOTELIAN
PHYSICS
GIVES WAY
TO
A QUANTITATIVE,
MATHEMATICAL
3-1
APPROACH
3.1.2 GALILEO S
PENDULUM
3-3
3.1.3 PRACTICAL
APPLICATIONS
3-11
3.1.4
GALILEO S
PENDULUM
CLOCK
DESIGN
3-14
3.1.5
GALILEI S
INSIGHTS
REACH
THE
LOW
COUNTRIES
3-17
3.1.6
MISFORTUNES
3-22
VII
$
B1IOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
HLUENCHE A
TIME
AND
TIME
AGAIN
3.2
CHRISTIAAN
HUYGENS,
INVENTOR
OF
THE
PENDULUM
CLOCK
3-25
3.2.1
A
RISING
STAR
IN
SCIENCE
3-25
3.2.2
OPPORTUNISTIC
COMPETITION
3-28
3.2.3 PATENT
WARS
3-35
REFERENCES
AND
NOTES
3-42
4
THE
IMPORTANCE
OF
HIGH-PRECISION
TIMEKEEPING
4-1
4.1 HOROLOGIUM
(1658)
AND
BEYOND
4-2
4.1.1
TECHNICAL
IMPROVEMENTS
4-2
4.1.2 THE
CONICAL
PENDULUM
AND
THE
DEVELOPMENT
OF CYCLOIDAL PATHS
4-6
4.1.3
COMPOUND
PENDULUMS
4-20
4.1.4
GEOGRAPHIC
VARIATIONS
4-27
4.1.5
SLIDING
WEIGHTS
4-33
4.1.6
THEORETICAL
INSIGHTS
INFORM
PRACTICAL
APPLICATIONS
4-34
4.1.7 HUYGENS
RIVALRY WITH
ALEXANDER
BRUCE
4-35
4.1.8 MEDITERRANEAN
SEA
TRIALS
4-42
4.2
FROM HOROLOGIUM
OSCILLATORIUM
(1673)
TO
NEW
LONG-RANGE
SEA
TRIALS
4-46
4.2.1 THE
CYCLOID
AS A
TAUTOCHRONE
4-47
4.2.2
HUYGENS
THEOREMS
ON
THE
`CENTRIFUGAL
FORCE
4-53
4.2.3
TECHNICAL
IMPROVEMENTS
TO THE
ESCAPEMENT
MECHANISM
4-59
REFERENCES
AND NOTES
4-65
5 THE
LONG
ROAD
TO
A PRACTICAL
MARINE
TIMEPIECE
5-1
5.1
SPRING-DRIVEN
CLOCK
DEVELOPMENTS
5-1
5.1.1
THE HUYGENS-THURET
CONTROVERSY
5-4
5.1.2
CLAIMS
AND
COUNTERCLAIMS
5-11
5.1.3
SLOW
PROGRESS
5-20
5.2
RETURN
TO THE
MARINE
PENDULUM
DESIGN
5-24
5.2.1
THE
TRICORD
PENDULUM
5-24
5.2.2
INITIAL
TRIALS
ON
THE
OPEN
SEA
5-28
5.2.3
THE
FIRST LONG-RANGE
SEA
TRIAL TO
THE
CAPE
OF
GOOD HOPE 5-30
5.2.4
SECOND
LONG-RANGE
TRIAL
TO THE
CAPE
5-44
REFERENCES
AND NOTES
5-57
6 THE
MERITS
OF
HOROLOGY
VERSUS
ASTRONOMY
6-1
6.1 THE
NATURE
OF GRAVITY
6-1
6.1.1 HUYGENS
AND
NEWTON
AT
LOGGERHEADS
6-2
VIII
TIME
AND
TIME AGAIN
6.1.2
GEOGRAPHIC
DEPENDENCE
OF
THE
LENGTH
OF
THE
SECONDS
PENDULUM
6-4
6.1.3 THE 1686-1687
VOC
EXPEDITION
6-7
6.2 NEWTON S
EARLY
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
RESOLVING
THE
LONGITUDE
PROBLEM
6-10
6.2.1 JOHN FLAMSTEED,
FIRST ASTRONOMER ROYAL
6-10
6.2.2
ESTABLISHMENT
OF A
ROYAL
OBSERVATORY
AT
GREENWICH
6-12
6.2.3 EQUIPMENT
WOES
AND
FLARING
TENSIONS
6-14
6.2.4 THE
LUNAR
DISTANCE
METHOD
6-21
6.3 HUMAN
INGENUITY
6-23
6.3.1 TERRESTRIAL
MAGNETISM
TO THE
RESCUE?
6-23
6.3.2
ALCHEMY
6-26
6.4 DEVELOPMENTS
LEADING
UP
TO THE
1714
LONGITUDE
ACT
6-33
6.4.1
DISASTER
OFF
THE
ISLES
OF
SCILLY
6-33
6.4.2
WHISTON
AND
DITTON S
PROPOSAL
6-36
REFERENCES
AND NOTES
6-45
EPILOGUE
ZERO LONGITUDE
7-1
IX
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
FOREWORD
AUTHOR
BIOGRAPHY
X
AV
XVI
1
CHANGING
TIMES
1-1
1.1 ENLIGHTENMENT
IN
WESTERN
EUROPE:
THE
DUTCH
GOLDEN
AGE 1-1
1.2
INTERMEZZO:
THE
RISE OF
THE
SCIENTIST
1-3
1.3
SCHOLARLY
COMMUNICATION
AND
SCIENTIFIC
NETWORKS
IN
THE
17TH CENTURY 1-7
1.4 BIRTH
OF
THE
LEARNED
SOCIETIES
AND
THEIR
SCIENTIFIC
JOURNALS
1-13
1.5
THE 17TH
CENTURY:
EARLY MODERN
PINNACLE
OF
HUMAN
INGENUITY 1-22
REFERENCES
AND NOTES
1-25
2
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
OF MATHEMATICAL
GEOGRAPHY
2-1
2.1 COORDINATE
SYSTEMS
2-1
2.1.1
NAVIGATION
IN
THE
WESTERN
PACIFIC
2-2
2.1.2
THE
ANCIENT
GREEKS
2-4
2.1.3
PTOLEMY'S
MAP
PROJECTIONS
2-13
2.2 EARLY
CARTOGRAPHY
AND MAPPING
2-20
2.2.1
ADVANCES
IN
THE
ISLAMIC
WORLD
2-20
2.2.2
EAST
ASIAN
NAVIGATION
AND CARTOGRAPHY
2-28
2.3 TOWARDS
RELIABLE
NAVIGATION
ACROSS
THE
OPEN SEAS
2-36
2.3.1 PORTOLAN
CHARTS
2-36
2.3.2
DEAD
RECKONING
AND
COLUMBUS'
LEGACY
2-40
2.3.3
PIRACY
AND
THE
PORTUGUESE/SPANISH
CONQUEST
OF
THE
NEW
WORLD 2-49
REFERENCES
AND NOTES
2-58
3
EARLY
INSIGHTS
INSPIRED BY
GALILEO
GALILEI
3-1
3.1 GALILEO'S
INFLUENCE
3-1
3.1.1
ARISTOTELIAN
PHYSICS
GIVES WAY
TO
A QUANTITATIVE,
MATHEMATICAL
3-1
APPROACH
3.1.2 GALILEO'S
PENDULUM
3-3
3.1.3 PRACTICAL
APPLICATIONS
3-11
3.1.4
GALILEO'S
PENDULUM
CLOCK
DESIGN
3-14
3.1.5
GALILEI'S
INSIGHTS
REACH
THE
LOW
COUNTRIES
3-17
3.1.6
MISFORTUNES
3-22
VII
$
B1IOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
HLUENCHE'A
TIME
AND
TIME
AGAIN
3.2
CHRISTIAAN
HUYGENS,
INVENTOR
OF
THE
PENDULUM
CLOCK
3-25
3.2.1
A
RISING
STAR
IN
SCIENCE
3-25
3.2.2
OPPORTUNISTIC
COMPETITION
3-28
3.2.3 PATENT
WARS
3-35
REFERENCES
AND
NOTES
3-42
4
THE
IMPORTANCE
OF
HIGH-PRECISION
TIMEKEEPING
4-1
4.1 HOROLOGIUM
(1658)
AND
BEYOND
4-2
4.1.1
TECHNICAL
IMPROVEMENTS
4-2
4.1.2 THE
CONICAL
PENDULUM
AND
THE
DEVELOPMENT
OF CYCLOIDAL PATHS
4-6
4.1.3
COMPOUND
PENDULUMS
4-20
4.1.4
GEOGRAPHIC
VARIATIONS
4-27
4.1.5
SLIDING
WEIGHTS
4-33
4.1.6
THEORETICAL
INSIGHTS
INFORM
PRACTICAL
APPLICATIONS
4-34
4.1.7 HUYGENS'
RIVALRY WITH
ALEXANDER
BRUCE
4-35
4.1.8 MEDITERRANEAN
SEA
TRIALS
4-42
4.2
FROM HOROLOGIUM
OSCILLATORIUM
(1673)
TO
NEW
LONG-RANGE
SEA
TRIALS
4-46
4.2.1 THE
CYCLOID
AS A
TAUTOCHRONE
4-47
4.2.2
HUYGENS'
THEOREMS
ON
THE
`CENTRIFUGAL
FORCE'
4-53
4.2.3
TECHNICAL
IMPROVEMENTS
TO THE
ESCAPEMENT
MECHANISM
4-59
REFERENCES
AND NOTES
4-65
5 THE
LONG
ROAD
TO
A PRACTICAL
MARINE
TIMEPIECE
5-1
5.1
SPRING-DRIVEN
CLOCK
DEVELOPMENTS
5-1
5.1.1
THE HUYGENS-THURET
CONTROVERSY
5-4
5.1.2
CLAIMS
AND
COUNTERCLAIMS
5-11
5.1.3
SLOW
PROGRESS
5-20
5.2
RETURN
TO THE
MARINE
PENDULUM
DESIGN
5-24
5.2.1
THE
TRICORD
PENDULUM
5-24
5.2.2
INITIAL
TRIALS
ON
THE
OPEN
SEA
5-28
5.2.3
THE
FIRST LONG-RANGE
SEA
TRIAL TO
THE
CAPE
OF
GOOD HOPE 5-30
5.2.4
SECOND
LONG-RANGE
TRIAL
TO THE
CAPE
5-44
REFERENCES
AND NOTES
5-57
6 THE
MERITS
OF
HOROLOGY
VERSUS
ASTRONOMY
6-1
6.1 THE
NATURE
OF GRAVITY
6-1
6.1.1 HUYGENS
AND
NEWTON
AT
LOGGERHEADS
6-2
VIII
TIME
AND
TIME AGAIN
6.1.2
GEOGRAPHIC
DEPENDENCE
OF
THE
LENGTH
OF
THE
SECONDS
PENDULUM
6-4
6.1.3 THE 1686-1687
VOC
EXPEDITION
6-7
6.2 NEWTON'S
EARLY
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
RESOLVING
THE
LONGITUDE
PROBLEM
6-10
6.2.1 JOHN FLAMSTEED,
FIRST ASTRONOMER ROYAL
6-10
6.2.2
ESTABLISHMENT
OF A
ROYAL
OBSERVATORY
AT
GREENWICH
6-12
6.2.3 EQUIPMENT
WOES
AND
FLARING
TENSIONS
6-14
6.2.4 THE
LUNAR
DISTANCE
METHOD
6-21
6.3 HUMAN
INGENUITY
6-23
6.3.1 TERRESTRIAL
MAGNETISM
TO THE
RESCUE?
6-23
6.3.2
ALCHEMY
6-26
6.4 DEVELOPMENTS
LEADING
UP
TO THE
1714
LONGITUDE
ACT
6-33
6.4.1
DISASTER
OFF
THE
ISLES
OF
SCILLY
6-33
6.4.2
WHISTON
AND
DITTON'S
PROPOSAL
6-36
REFERENCES
AND NOTES
6-45
EPILOGUE
ZERO LONGITUDE
7-1
IX |
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| spelling | Grijs, Richard de 1969- Verfasser (DE-588)1017017298 aut Time and time again determination of longitude at sea in the 17th century Richard de Grijs, Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, China Bristol, UK IOP Publishing [2017] ©2017 xvi, 1-27, 2-64, 3-48, 4-72, 5-64, 6-50, 7-25 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten 27 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier IOP expanding physics "Version: 20171101"- Rückseite der Haupttitelseite. - Literaturangaben Determination of one's longitude at sea has perplexed sailors for many centuries. The significant uptake of world trade in the 17th and 18th Centuries rendered the increasingly urgent need to solve the 'longitude problem', an issue of strategic national importance. Historical accounts of these efforts often focus almost exclusively on John Harrison's role in 18th-Century Britain. This book starts instead from Galileo Galilei's late-16th-Century development of an accurate pendulum clock, which was first achieved in practice in the mid-17th-Century by Christiaan Huygens in the Dutch Republic. It is primarily based on collections of letters that have not been combined into a single volume before. Extensive introductory chapters on the history of map making, the establishment of the world's reference meridian at Greenwich Observatory, and the rise of the scientific enterprise provide the appropriate context for non-expert readers to fully engage with the book's main subject matter Huygens, Christiaan 1629-1695 (DE-588)118639749 gnd rswk-swf Galilei, Galileo 1564-1642 (DE-588)118537229 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte gnd rswk-swf History of science / bicssc SCIENCE / Astronomy / bisacsh Longitude / Measurement / History Nautical astronomy / History Navigation (DE-588)4041457-7 gnd rswk-swf Zeitmessung (DE-588)4131097-4 gnd rswk-swf Schifffahrt (DE-588)4116383-7 gnd rswk-swf Mathematische Geografie (DE-588)4169101-5 gnd rswk-swf Galilei, Galileo 1564-1642 (DE-588)118537229 p Huygens, Christiaan 1629-1695 (DE-588)118639749 p Mathematische Geografie (DE-588)4169101-5 s Navigation (DE-588)4041457-7 s Zeitmessung (DE-588)4131097-4 s Schifffahrt (DE-588)4116383-7 s Geschichte z DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, ebook 978-0-7503-1194-6 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, MOBI 978-0-7503-1196-0 Digitalisierung Deutsches Museum application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033866031&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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| title_full | Time and time again determination of longitude at sea in the 17th century Richard de Grijs, Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, China |
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