Surf Report: Longitudinal study

Issue 29: 04.11.2021 (Subscribers Edition)

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"The clock, not the steam machine, is the key machine of the modern industrial age." —Lewis Mumford, 1934

INTRODUCTION

April 11, 2021

Hi everyone—I’m so glad to have you here. What a week.

Do you know how the problem of longitude was solved?

Until the mid-1700’s, sailors had no way to accurately calcul…