A new discovery for finding the longitudeHobbs, William
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A new discovery for finding the longitude
Hobbs, William
Longitude -- Early works to 1800
But notwithstanding what has been said, It is chiefly to be noted, That
altho’ I have proposed (for Example sake) that the General Numbers
should be found, by Sailing to _Newfoundland_, _Virginia_, _Barbados_,
&c. and returning again to a _Meridian Line_ at _London_: Yet if the
_Honourable Persons_ before-mentioned in this Title-Page, to whom the
whole is most humbly submitted, will please to appoint a Ship for this
purpose, the said Numbers may be much better found in manner following;
(that is to say) By ordering that the said Ship shall first make a true
_Meridian Line_, at or near the Lat. of 60 Degrees; and thereby set the
Movements going, in manner aforesaid: After which let them Sail about
40 or 50 Leagues distant from the Shore, and there Cruise _Northward_
and _Southward_ for about a Month’s time; after which let them return
again to the same _Line_, and find the Numbers, and also enter them, as
before directed. And having so done, let them make another _Meridian
Line_, about 15 Deg. more Southward, and there do in like manner: And so
at the like Distance to the _Equinoctial_. After which, let them begin
again, and repeat the same Process for three or four times: By which
means the Numbers will be found, and the different Motion of the Movement
discover’d, for all Latitudes and Seasons, as near as needful.
And being returned home, by these Numbers we may find the true
_Difference_ of Motion, in and for the several Latitudes and
Seasons. Which _Difference_ must be entred in the 4th Column of the
respective Books, reserved for that purpose. By the help of which said
_Differences_, you may make as many Movements as may be needful, at any
time; as also Books and Numbers peculiar to each Movement. The _Rules_
for which will be imparted to any such Watchmaker, as may Reasonably
desire the same.
_FINIS._
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