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 to what is proposed to be Entred, in respect of Latitude and Season,
you may also add the Time of its being first set in Motion after
Cleansing; which Cleansing must be done only Annually, and as near as
may be on the same Day of the Month; which will much facilitate the
Inequality arising from its Foulness: By which all Objections will be
answer’d, and the Discovery render’d compleat and perfect. Especially
if a true _Meridian Line_ be made in every considerable Port in this
Kingdom, and elsewhere; for Examining the Movement at your Arrival
abroad, and setting it in _Motion_, before your Departure. But remember,
that where you set it going, from thence your _Departure_ must be
reckon’d.
And by this Method all the said Vicissitudes that may arise in respect of
Latitude or Seasons, Motion of the Ship (which will be near the same in
one Voyage, as in another) and Cleanness or Foulness of the Work, will
also plainly appear upon Record, (by comparing one Number in the said
Book with another) and will be Accounted for, and Æquated, as occasion
requires: Namely, by only taking such Numbers from the said Book, to work
your Proportion by, as are entred for the Latitude and Season, that you
are again Arrived to, or Sailing under: As suppose into 50 Deg. in the
Summer Season, then take the Number and Hours answering thereunto; and
so, if in Winter, those for the Winter. By which proportionable Numbers,
the said Contingencies will be truly and effectually Allowed, and the
Difference in Motions justly Æquated, as was before asserted.
_Note_, That in this Movement, the ~Time~ is Regulated or
Conformed to the ~Motion~: Whereas in former Movements, the
~Motion~ is Regulated or Conformed to the ~Time~. And this
ought to be well understood, before you can rightly comprehend
what is herein contained.
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