Longitude Act passed in July 1714. For details on many of the efforts towards determining the longitude, see History of longitude. The Longitude Act offered a series of rewards, rather than a single prize. The rewards increased with the accuracy achieved: £10,000 (worth over in ) for anyone who could find a practical way of determining longitude at sea to an accuracy of not greater than one degree of longitude (equates to at the equator). The reward was to be increased to £15,000 if the accuracy was not greater than 40 minutes, and further enhanced to £20,000 if the accuracy was not
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