Papers of the Board of Longitude

Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by Jupiter's satellites, the planets and fixed stars, including a method using the meridian altitude of the Sun; E. Thompson on finding longitude by the rising of the Sun; Captain Tucker on a method using the altitude and bearing of the polar star; J. Brazill on a method using the altitudes of two stars; W. Waldron's method; J. Herbert on a method using the Sun's declination; B.A. Austin's method using an observation of the Sun on the meridian; J.T. Balyee on a fixed star method; T. Bannerman on proving the correctness of chronometers at sea; C. Barton on finding longitude by observations of two fixed stars; J. Marshall on finding a ship's place at sea in the absence of an observation; C. Hudson on a method using observations of the Sun at noon; J. Casamayor enquiring as to the reward available for discovering a means of finding longitude; G. Lindesay on a method using two bearings of the Sun; J. Luckcock on a fixed star method; R. Malden on a method using a single altitude of the Sun; A.A. Amey on a method using a single altitude of the Sun; A.C. Hazewinkel on a method using the Sun and stars; Lieutenant J. Budgen on methods using altitudes of the Sun and Moon, the Moon and stars, etc.; a method using an altitude of the Sun; Sargeant's method using Polaris and Ursa Majoris; and examples of longitude found by meridian altitudes of the Sun.