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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was built at Greenwich Park?
2. Who came up with a way to draw longitude meridians on the night sky?
3. Who used the moons of Jupiter to solve the longitude problem?
4. What was the official title of the monetary award for solving the longitude problem?
5. What did Huygens and Hooke fight over?
Short Essay Questions
1. In 1740, the Centurion set sail for the South Pacific without Harrison's clock. What might have been different about the voyage if they would have taken the clock? Why?
2. What was the result of Hooke and Huygens not producing a successful clock that worked at sea?
3. What was the problem with measuring the speed of light? How was it solved?
4. What were the problems with William Whiston's proposal for determining longitude?
5. What was the result of the Whiston-Ditton proposal?
6. In 1530, Flemish astronomer Gemma Frisiusm wrote that the clocks of his day "provided no problem to those who traveled." In reality, what were the problems with clocks of his day for travel?
7. What did the Longitude Act establish?
8. What did Huygens patent in 1675.
9. What were the economic consequences of not knowing longitude?
10. Why was it unusual that John Harrison became an accomplished clockmaker?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
By entitling her book, Longitude: The True Story of the Lone Genius that Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time, Sobel seems to have a clear bias in her understanding of the history she portrays in her book. Using specific examples from the book, write an essay demonstrating ways in which Sobel's portrayal of history is biased towards Harrison.
Essay Topic 2
In an essay, analyze the role Nevil Maskelyne played in the quest to solve the longitude problem.
Essay Topic 3
What role did the astronomers elitism play in the quest for solving the longitude problem?
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