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NOVA
Season 26 Episode 1: Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
In 1714, following a maritime disaster, British Parliament offers £20,000 for the first reliable method of determining longitude on a ship at sea. It's known that longitude can be found by comparing a ship's local time to the time at the port of origin. The challenge is finding a clock—a chronometer—that can keep time at sea, where temperature changes, humidity, gravity and a ship's movement affect accuracy. NOVA chronicles the seventeenth-century journey to determine longitude.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Seasons:
- 53
- Episodes:
- 1029
- Cast:
- Quality:
- HD
- Duration:
- 55 min
- First Air:
- 1974
- Rating:
- 7.1
