HIS 826 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Royal Mathematical School, Henry Gellibrand, Magnetic Declination
23 Jan 2021
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Spain, portugal, france, netherlands, england, denmark had oversea trade or colonial empire by the 17th century. Economic importance of navigation for trade: mercantilist system dominated in europe: gold and silver are the foundation of wealth, trade must favour accumulation of capital for a nation, oversea empires were used to gain resources. Admiralty and royal society of london was trying to find a solution to longitude: a president of the royal society was the first secretary of the admiralty (samuel. Pepys: built royal navy on professional lines (withheld napoleon"s navy, persuaded king charles ii to establish the royal observatory in greenwich, the royal mathematical school to scientifically train naval recruits.
