Back Board of Longitude Catalan Board of Longitude German Junta de Longitud Spanish Board of Longitude French ועדת קו האורך HE Lengdegradskommisjonen NN Lengdegradskommisjonen NB Board of Longitude Polish Комиссия долгот Russian
Commissioners for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea | |
| Formation | 1714 |
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| Founder | Longitude Act 1714 |
| Dissolved | 1828 |
| Type | Government body |
| Purpose | administration of a scheme of prizes intended to encourage innovators to solve the problem of finding longitude at sea |
Membership (1714) | 24 |
| Discovery of Longitude at Sea Act 1713 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Citation | 13 Ann. c. 14 (Ruffhead c. 15) |
The Commissioners for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea, or more popularly Board of Longitude, was a British government body formed in 1714 to administer a scheme of prizes intended to encourage innovators to solve the problem of finding longitude at sea.
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