Board of Longitude
Commissioners for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea | |
| Formation | 1714 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Longitude Act 1714 |
| Dissolved | 1828 |
| Type | Government body |
| Purpose | administration of a scheme of prizes intended to encourage innovators to solve the problem of finding longitude at sea |
| Membership | 24 (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.