Board of Longitude

Board of Longitude
Commissioners for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea
Formation1714 (1714)
FounderLongitude Act 1714
Dissolved1828 (1828)
TypeGovernment body
Purposeadministration of a scheme of prizes intended to encourage innovators to solve the problem of finding longitude at sea
Membership (1714)
24
Discovery of Longitude at Sea Act 1713
Act of Parliament
Citation13 Ann. c. 14 (Ruffhead c. 15)
Dates
Royal assent9 July 1714

The Commissioners for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea, or more popularly Board of Longitude, was a British government body formed in 1714 to administer a scheme of prizes intended to encourage innovators to solve the problem of finding longitude at sea.