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Marine Clock Accuracy Requirements by FuManchu_vPeterSellers is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document provides the solution to a problem about determining the daily accuracy required of marine clocks in the 18th century to fix positions at sea within certain distances. It first presents the problem of four British warships running aground in 1707 due to errors in position measurement, sparking efforts to develop an accurate marine clock. It then shows the calculation to determine longitude from time and derives a formula to relate errors in time to errors in longitude. Finally, it calculat
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- FuManchu_vPeterSellers
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