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
And that we may Answer all _Objections_, which may arise, on Account of
the said Vicissitude of the Air, Motion of the Ship, Foulness of the
Movement, _&c._ as well as render this Discovery more intelligible, we
will descend to speak thereof more particularly: And,
In the first place, let Five or Six (or what Number you please) of these
Movements be made; and after they have gone for a Month or two, (or if
designed for the Sea, ’till within two or three Weeks of your Sailing)
then take them asunder, and set them going by the _Meridian_ Line,
as before directed. And having entred down in the Book, herein after
mentioned, the Day of the Month, when set going; how long it is making
one Revolution; and what Number is produced, in just Ten Days Motion,
(all which must be done, before you Sail in every Voyage;) Let them be
carry’d to Sea, into any Latitude, (suppose 50 Deg. or _Newfoundland_)
and at their Return bring them again to the said _Meridian_ Line, and
thereby (with the help of the Number of Days from their being first set
in Motion) find the two first ~Proportional Numbers~, as before directed:
Which done, enter them in a Book, peculiar to each Movement, (the Form
whereof followeth) together with the Latitude, and Season of the Year in
which the Voyage was made. Then will they all be fitted for a Voyage to
_Newfoundland_, and Parts adjacent, for any such Season. And so for any
other, when Tried and Entred, as now directed.
After which, send them all in a Ship bound to the Latitude of about 37
Deg. (suppose _Virginia_); and being returned, let the Numbers be found
and entred, as aforesaid, with the Latitude and Season; then will any
one, or all of them, be fitted for a Voyage, either to _Newfoundland_ or
_Virginia_, or any of those Parts, for any such like Season; and so for
any other, when Tried and Entred as aforesaid.
This being done, send them also in a Ship, bound to the Latitude of 13
Deg. (suppose _Barbados_ or _Jamaica_;) and being returned, find the
Numbers, and enter them with the Latitude and Season: So will they all be
fitted for these several Latitudes, (_viz._) 50 Deg. 37 Deg. and 13 Deg.
at such a Season: And by a like Process to the _Æquinoctial_, and towards
the _North Pole_.
Upon which several Tryals, you will have so many Movements fitted for all
the _North Hemisphere_, both for Hot, Cold and Temperate Seasons. And, by
only Counterchanging the Latitudes, for the whole Globe; or at least for
the Marine Parts thereof.
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