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Foreign News
December 9, 1786
Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Rumored discovery by a Royal Irish Society member of a method to determine longitude using lunar phases, including dark and light intervals. Mr. Parker plans to join Mr. Wyat on a North Pole expedition to produce salt-petre at the Arctic Circle.
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Extract of a letter from Dublin, August 19.
"It is said, that a number of the Royal Irish society has discovered the certainty of longitude, by an application of the lunar phases. The mode would be deemed imperfect, if the discoverer did not accompany his calculations from the state of the dark, as well as the lucid intervals of this planet. Under the conviction of this discovery, it is said that the celebrated Mr. Parker, intends to accompany Mr. Wyat to the North Pole, for the express purpose of making salt-petre at the extremity of the Arctick Circle."
"It is said, that a number of the Royal Irish society has discovered the certainty of longitude, by an application of the lunar phases. The mode would be deemed imperfect, if the discoverer did not accompany his calculations from the state of the dark, as well as the lucid intervals of this planet. Under the conviction of this discovery, it is said that the celebrated Mr. Parker, intends to accompany Mr. Wyat to the North Pole, for the express purpose of making salt-petre at the extremity of the Arctick Circle."
What sub-type of article is it?
Scientific Discovery
Arctic Expedition
What keywords are associated?
Longitude Discovery
Lunar Phases
Royal Irish Society
North Pole Expedition
Salt Petre Production
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Parker
Mr. Wyat
Where did it happen?
Dublin
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Dublin
Event Date
August 19
Key Persons
Mr. Parker
Mr. Wyat
Event Details
A member of the Royal Irish Society has reportedly discovered a method to determine longitude using lunar phases, accounting for both dark and lucid intervals. Convinced by this, Mr. Parker intends to accompany Mr. Wyat to the North Pole to make salt-petre at the Arctic Circle's extremity.