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Teacher: Mr. Cap “In Search of Longitude”
1. Any Nation which found a method of Navigation could rule ______________________________________________
2. John Harrison taught himself the art of ___________________________________________________
3. What shape was the wood in the “log and line”? ___________________________________________
4. To measure knots (distance) a counter would count the number of _________________ that flowed
through his _________________ in the time that a _________________ second hourglass emptied.
5. Measuring a ships speed in knots is one of the techniques of _________________ ________________
6. During the 1700's knots was the only way to measure _________________ traveled at ____________
7. Map makers use ________________ ________________ to indicate points on the surface of the __________.
8. _______________________ is represented by parallel lines____________________ is the line for 0 degrees Latitude
9. ______________ is depicted by vertical lines called meridian running from ______________ to ___________.
(10.) 300 years ago only _________________ was measurable.
(11.) The safest way to travel was to get to the right _________________ and then _________________.
(12.) However, all nations went the same way, so warring nations and pirates could “lay in _______________” for each other.
(13 .) Why did four ships of England 's fleet run aground? ________________________________________
(14 .) In 1714 Parliament offered a reward for: _________________________________________________
(15.) The reward was _________________ pounds. This was equivalent to _________________ today.
(16.) Who was the prime commissioner on the board? __________________________________________
(17.) John Harrison thought each ship should have a _______________ that could point out exactly what time it was?
(18.) The Harrison clock has been working since _________________.
(19.) Galileo used _________________'s moons to tell time.
(20.) Newton proclaimed that longitude would not be found by _________________ makers but by _____________.
(21.) Harrison knew that fixed stars come into your vision _________________ (min.sec.) earlier everyday.
(22.) Harrison combined metals of ______________ and _______________ to make his gridiron pendulum