XV. On the errors in longitude as determined by chronometers at sea, arising from the action of the iron in the ships upon the chronometers

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1820
• Subjects: North Pole; Buchan
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1820.0016; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1820.0016

The determination of the longitude at sea by timekeepers, is so exceedingly easy from the simplicity of the observations and calculations employed, and from the general practica­bility of the method, as to render chronometers, in the present improved state of navigation, almost indispensable article...