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Quotes from Written in remarks to the 1714 Longitude committee; quoted in Longitude — Isaac Newton

1643–1727 England

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One [method] is by a Watch to keep time exactly. But, by reason of the motion of the Ship, the Variation of Heat and Cold, Wet and Dry, and the Difference of Gravity in different Latitudes, such a watch hath not yet been made.

Written in remarks to the 1714 Longitude committee; quoted in Longitude (1995)

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