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; 12 Ann. St. 2. c. 15;
Dates
Royal assent	9 July 1714
Commencement	16 February 1714
Repealed	8 May 1818
Other legislation
Amended by	Discovery of Longitude at Sea Act 1753; Discovery of Longitude at Sea Act 1762; Discovery of Longitude at Sea (John Harrison) Act 1763; Discovery of Longitude at Sea Act 1774;
Repealed by	Discovery of Longitude at Sea, etc. Act 1818
Relates to	Discovery of Longitude at Sea, etc. Act 1821; Nautical Almanack Act 1828;
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Longitude Act 1714 (13 Ann. c. 14), also known as the Discovery of Longitude at Sea Act 1713, was an act of the 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 1714 act followed by a series of other Longitude Acts that revised or replaced the original.