1530 - Transportation
Transportation
German mathematician Gemma Frisius suggests that accurate mechanical clocks be set to the local time of a prime meridian to produce a standard time for the measurement of longitude as an aid to navigation. Frisius is professor at Louvain University and cosmographer royal to Charles V (see science [Bennewitz], 1524; science [Greenwich Observatory], 1676).
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