The Hadley Instrument Cannot Find Longitude
A critical view argues Hadley’s instrument cannot determine longitude. It contends lunar tables and occultations are impractical for ships at sea and require exact time from Greenwich, making reliable longitude measurement unlikely.
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London
Greenwich
Mariner
Flamsteed
Hadley
Notice of Pinchbeck Metal Toys and clocks by Pinchbeck
Notice declares that toys made of the late Mr Pinchbeck’s curious Metal, resembling gold in color and scent, are sold only by his son and sole executor Edward Pinchbeck at the Musical Clock in Fleet Street England. It warns against impostors selling pretend Pinchbeck metal and urges caution at coffee houses and elsewhere.
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Epware Pincneeck
Fleet-street
England
Edward Pincwesch
Birus
Pr&cueen
Pinchbeck
Enighand
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Butcher-Row
Abingdon
Thistle and Crown Inn
Thetford Place
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Norfolk
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Bodkfeller
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Church of England
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Black Boy
Paternofter Row
Samuel ‘Lorin
Austen
St. Paul’s
J. Roberts
Warwick-lane
North Britain
William Logan
Logan
Great Britain
J. Wilford
St. Paul's
High Court of Chancery
Middle ‘Temple
T. Osborne
Gray’s Imy
J. Shuckburgh
Inner Temple
King’s Bench
R. James I
K. William UK
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Earl of Coventry
Richard Francis
Middle Temple
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