The longitude problem: 300-year-old archive opened to the world
It was the conundrum that baffled some of the greatest and most eccentric experts of the 18th century—and captivated the British public during an era of unprecedented scientific and technical transformation.
Now, for the first time, the full story of attempts to solve the longitude problem—unravelling the lone genius myth popularised in film and literature—is freely available to everyone via the Cambridge Digital Library.
Launched today, the complete archive of the Board of Longitude, held by Cambridge University Library, and associated National Maritime Museum collections, will take their place alongside the works of Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton at http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk.
Read the full story at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/newspublishing/detail.php?news=402.