Paper, 'A scheeme of the longitude, or a peice of watche worke of new construction that shal goe upon sae as reguler as the best pandulum clock shal goe upon land' by Laurans
Reference number: CLP/3ii/13
Date: 14 July 1721
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'A scheme of the longitude or a piece of watch work of new construction that shall go upon sea as regular as the best pendulum clock shall go upon land'. Laurans explains his design for a clock to be used at sea without a pendulum. Includes a diagram of the clock mechanism.
Subject: Engineering
Read to the Royal Society on 19 October 1721
- Reference number
- CLP/3ii/13
- Earliest possible date
- 14 July 1721
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, 'A scheeme of the longitude, or a peice of watche worke of new construction that shal goe upon sae as reguler as the best pandulum clock shal goe upon land' by Laurans, 14 July 1721, CLP/3ii/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3ii_13/paper-a-scheeme-of-the-longitude-or-a-peice-of-watche-worke-of-new-construction-that-shal-goe-upon-sae-as-reguler-as-the-best-pandulum-clock-shal-goe-upon-land-by-laurans, accessed on 15 March 2026
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