Longitude Act

Discovery of Longitude at Sea Act 1713
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for Providing a Publick Reward for such Person or Persons as shall Discover the Longitude at Sea.
Citation	13 Ann. c. 14; (Ruffhead: 12 Ann. St. 2 c. 15)
Dates
Repealed	1828
Other legislation
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Longitude Act 1714 was an Act of Parliament of Great Britain passed in July 1714 at the end of the reign of Queen Anne. It established the Board of Longitude and offered monetary rewards (Longitude rewards) for anyone who could find a simple and practical method for the precise determination of a ship's longitude. The Act of 1714 was followed by a series of other Longitude Acts that revised or replaced the original.^[1]

^ Howse, Derek (1998). "Britain's Board of Longitude: The Finances, 1714–1828" (PDF). The Mariner's Mirror. pp. 400–417. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2020. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

[Howse-1] Howse, Derek (1998). "Britain's Board of Longitude: The Finances, 1714–1828" (PDF). The Mariner's Mirror. pp. 400–417. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2020. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

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